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Jan 1, 1310
Dante writes the Divine Comedy
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Jan 1, 1390
Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales
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Jan 1, 1415
Donatello creates his statue of St.George
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Jan 1, 1434
Jan van Eyck paints the Arnofilni portrait
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Jan 1, 1447
Last Visconti ruler of Milan dies
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Jan 1, 1494
Charles VIII of France invades Naples
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Jan 1, 1505
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
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Jan 1, 1509
Erasmus writes his satire The Praise of Folly
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Jan 1, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
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Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posts the Ninety-five Theses in Wittenberg
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Jan 1, 1528
Castiglione writes The Book of the Courtier