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World

General

Population: 463 Million*
  • Entertainment: Art includes Cranach "Rest on the Flight to Egypt", Dürer "Nativity", Giorgione "Madonna" of Castelfranco Cathedral, Raphael "Marriage of the Virgin", Michelangelo finishes David
  • Exploration: End of Columbus' last (fourth/second) voyage
  • Technology: A single-handed watch invented by Peter Henlein of Nuremburg GER
  • Deaths: Artist Filippino Lippi, Queen Isabella of Aragon

Africa

  • Egypt: Venice sends ambassadors to Sultan of Turkey proposing construction of Suez Canal

Asia

  • India: India's Mughals under Babur expelled from Ferghana by the Uzbegs

Europe

  • General: Treaty of Lyons – Louis XII cedes Naples to Ferdinand II of Aragon – Naples under Spanish control until 1707
    Treaty OF Blois – Charles age 4 son of Philip and Juana and future Emperor Charles V - betrothed to Claude infant dau of Louis VII but engagement broken off in 1506
  • England: Henry VII places English guilds under control of the crown
  • German States: Bavarian War – Rupert son of Elector Palatine defeated by Albert of Bavaria – hero of feuds is Gotz
  • Italian States: Venice sends ambassadors to Sultan of Turkey proposing construction of Suez Canal
  • Russia: Vasili III named "Sovereign of All Russia"
  • Spain: Death of Isabella I Queen of Aragon – Juana now heir of Castile
    Bull by Pope Julius II establishes University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain
    Columbus returns from last voyage

Middle East

  • Afghanistan: Babar (Babur) captures Kabul in Afghanistan
  • Ottoman Empire: Venice sends ambassadors to Sultan of Turkey proposing construction of Suez Canal



 
 
 
 
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