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Dec 8, 1310
Dante writes the Devine Comedy
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Dec 8, 1390
chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales
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Dec 8, 1415
Donatello creates his statue of st george
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Dec 8, 1434
Jan van Eyck paints the Arnolfini portrait
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Dec 8, 1447
Last Visconti ruler of Milan dies
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Dec 8, 1494
Charles VIII of France invades Naples
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Dec 8, 1505
Leonardo da vinci paints the mona lisa
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Dec 8, 1509
Erasmus writes his satire The Praise of Folly
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Dec 8, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
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Dec 8, 1517
Martin Luther presents the nighty five theses
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Dec 8, 1521
the church excommunicates luther
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Dec 8, 1527
Invading armies sack Rome
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Dec 8, 1555
the Peace of Augsburg divides Germany
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Castiglione writes The Book of the Courtier