PEACH

History

1493

Population: 453 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Nuremburg chronicle – history from creation to present time published in Latin and German, Richard Pynson prints Henry Parker's Dialogue of Dives and Pauper, Jacques Lefevre d'Etaples Paraphrasis in Aristotelis octo physicos libros
Art includes Tilman Riemenschneider scuplture "Madonna"
Exploration: Columbus returns to Palos and leaves Spain on second voyage where he discovers Puerto Rico
Religion: Pope Alexander VI publishes Papal bull Inter cetera divina dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal
Pope Alexander VI appoints son Cesare Borgia a cardinal
Deaths: Inca emperor Topa Inca, Frederick of Styria (Holy Roman Empire),

Height of Songhai Empire under Askia Mohammed who takes over much of the Mandingo Empire

General: Pope Alexander VI publishes Papal bull Inter cetera divina dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal
Caribbean: Columbus returns to Palos and leaves Spain on second voyage where he discovers Puerto Rico, Dominica and Jamaica
Flu outbreak in Hispanola
North America: Horse reintroduced into N America
Peru: End of reign of Emperor Topa Inca
Hunaya Capac becomes 11th Sapa Inca and founds second capital at Quito

France: First Bundschuh (peasant's revolt) in Alsace and southwest Germany
Charles VIII of France prepares to invade Italy
German States: First Bundschuh (peasant's revolt) in Alsace and southwest Germany
Holy Roman Empire: Death of Frederick of Styria and Carinthia as German King and HRE – Maximilian I reigns as HRE
Maximilian I marries Biance Maria Sforza
Maximilian I appoints court organist and composer
Italian States: Maximilian I invests Lodovico (Il Moro) Sforza with the duchy of Milan
Lucretia Borgia daughter of Pope Alexander VI marries Giovanni Sforza, but marriage annulled 1497
Poland: Statute of Piotrkow grants Polish aristocracy privileges at expense of burghers and peasants