Renaissance and Reformation By Jannis0506 Dec 5, 1310 Dante writes the "Divine Comedy" Dec 5, 1390 Chaucer writes "The Canterbury Tales" Dec 5, 1415 Donatello creates his statue of St. George Dec 5, 1434 Jan van Eyck paints the Arnolfini portrait Dec 5, 1447 Last Visconti ruler of Milan dies. Dec 5, 1494 Charles VIII of france invades Naples Dec 5, 1505 Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Dec 5, 1509 Erasmus writes his satire "The Paraise of Folly" Dec 5, 1513 Machiavelli writes "The Prince" Dec 5, 1517 Martin Luther presents "The Ninety-five Theses" Dec 5, 1521 The Church excommunicates Luther Dec 5, 1527 Invading armies sack Rome Dec 5, 1528 Castiglione writes "The book of the Courtier" Dec 5, 1531 War between the Protestant and Catholic states in Switzerland Dec 5, 1534 The Act of Supremancy is passed in England Dec 5, 1540 The society of Jesus becomes a religious order Dec 5, 1545 The Council of Trent is formed Dec 5, 1553 Mary tudor "Bloody Mary" becomes Queen of England Dec 5, 1555 The Peace of Augsburg divides Germany
