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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 do 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 cathloic states in switerland
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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