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Period: 1308 to 1320
Dante writes "Divine Comedy"
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Period: 1387 to 1400
Chaucer writes "The Canterbury Tales"
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Period: 1400 to 1400
Italian Renaissance begins
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Period: May 16, 1412 to Aug 13, 1447
Last Visconti Ruler of Milan
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Period: 1413 to 1413
Donatello creates his statue of St. George
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Period: 1434 to 1434
Jan Van Eyck paints the Arnolfini portrait
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Period: 1434 to 1434
The Medici family takes control of Florence
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Period: 1455 to 1455
Gutenberg prints Bible using movable type
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Period: 1494 to 1494
Charles VIII of France invades Naples
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Period: 1500 to 1520
Christian humanism spreads in Northern Europe
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Period: 1503 to 1507
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Period: 1508 to 1512
Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chapel
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Period: 1508 to 1528
Castiglione writes "The Book of Courtier"
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Period: 1509 to 1509
Erasmus writes his satire "The Praise of Folly"
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Period: Oct 31, 1517 to Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther presents the Ninety-five Theses
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Period: 1519 to 1519
Charles I is elected Holy Roman Emperor
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Period: Jan 3, 1521 to Jan 3, 1521
The church excommunicates Martin Luther
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Period: May 6, 1527 to May 6, 1527
Invading armies sack Rome
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Period: 1531 to 1531
War between the Protestant and Catholic states in Switzerland
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Period: 1534 to 1534
Henry VIII created the Church of England
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Period: 1534 to 1559
The Act of Supremacy is passed in England
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Period: 1540 to 1540
The Society of Jesus becomes a religious order
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Period: 1545 to 1563
The Council of Trent is formed
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Period: 1553 to Nov 17, 1558
Mary Tudor, "Bloody Mary", becomes Queen of England
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Period: 1555 to 1555
The peace of Augsburg divides Germany
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Machiavelli writes "The Prince"