renaissance and reformation

  • 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 do vinci paints the mona lisa

  • Dec 5, 1509

    erasmus writes his satire the praise 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 cathloic states in switerland

  • Dec 5, 1534

    the act of supermacy 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