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Dec 8, 1310
dante writes the divine comedy
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Dec 8, 1390
chaucer writes the canterbury tales
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Dec 8, 1415
donatello creates his statue of st. george
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Dec 8, 1434
jan van eyck paints the arnolfini portrait
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Dec 8, 1447
last visconti ruler of milan dies
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Dec 8, 1494
charles vlll of france invades naples
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Dec 8, 1505
leonard da vinci paints the mona lisa
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Dec 8, 1509
erasmus writes his satire the praise of folly
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Dec 8, 1513
machiavelli writes THE PRINCE
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Dec 8, 1517
martain luther presents the ninety five theses
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Dec 8, 1521
the church excommunicate luther
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Dec 8, 1527
invading armies sack rome
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Dec 8, 1528
castiglione writes THE BOOK OF THE COURTIER
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Dec 8, 1531
war between the protestant and catholic states in switzerland
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Dec 8, 1534
the act of supremacy is passed in england
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Dec 11, 1540
the society of jesus becomes a religious order
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Dec 8, 1545
the council of trent is formed
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Dec 8, 1553
mary tudor bloody mary becomes queen of england
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Dec 8, 1555
the peace of augsburg divides germany