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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. Geroge
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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 VII of France invades Naples
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Dec 5, 1505
Leonardo da Vinic 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, 1527
Invading armies sack Rome
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Dec 5, 1528
Castiglione writes The Book of the Courtier