Renaissance and Reformation

  • Dante writes the Divine Comedy
    Dec 5, 1310

    Dante writes the Divine Comedy

  • Chaucer writes the canterbury tales
    Dec 5, 1390

    Chaucer writes the canterbury tales

  • Donatello creates his statue of St. George
    Dec 5, 1415

    Donatello creates his statue of St. George

  • jan van eyck paints the arnofli portrait
    Dec 5, 1434

    jan van eyck paints the arnofli portrait

  • Last Visconti ruler of milan dies
    Dec 5, 1447

    Last Visconti ruler of milan dies

  • Charles VIII of France invades Naples
    Dec 5, 1494

    Charles VIII of France invades Naples

  • Leonardo da Vinci paints the mona lisa
    Dec 5, 1505

    Leonardo da Vinci paints the mona lisa

  • Machiavelli writes The Prince
    Dec 5, 1513

    Machiavelli writes The Prince

  • Invading armies sack Rome
    Dec 5, 1527

    Invading armies sack Rome

  • Dec 5, 1528

    Castiglione writes The Book of the Counrtier

  • War between the protestant and catholic states in switzerland
    Dec 5, 1531

    War between the protestant and catholic states in switzerland

  • Mary Tudor, "Bloody Mary" becomes Queen of England
    Dec 5, 1553

    Mary Tudor, "Bloody Mary" becomes Queen of England