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Dec 5, 1310
Dante writes the divine comedy
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Dec 5, 1390
Chaucer writes the Canterbury Tales
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Dec 5, 1415
Donatello creates his statue of st. George
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Dec 5, 1434
Jan van eyck paints the arnolfini portrait
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Dec 5, 1447
last visconti ruler of milan dies
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Dec 5, 1494
charles VIII of france invades Naples
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Dec 5, 1505
Leonardo da vinci paints the mona lisa
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Dec 5, 1509
Erasmus writes his satire The Praise of Folly
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Dec 5, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
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Dec 5, 1517
Martin Luther presents the Ninety-five Theses
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Dec 5, 1521
The church excommunicates Luther
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Dec 5, 1527
Invading armies sack Rome
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Dec 5, 1528
Castiglione writes The Book of the Courtier
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Dec 5, 1531
War between the protestant and catholic states in swizerland
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Dec 5, 1534
The act of supermacy is passed in england
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Dec 5, 1540
The society of jesus becomes a religious order
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Dec 5, 1545
The council of trent is formed
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Dec 5, 1553
Mary Tudor, "Bloody Mary," becomes Queen of england
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Dec 5, 1555
The peace of augsburg divides Germany