PEACH

History

1513

Population: 470 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Bibbiene (Italian comedy), Niccolo Machiavelli (Italian comedy) and The Prince
Art includes Michelangelo "Moses"
Exploration: Vasco Nuñez de Balboa sights the Pacific
Religion: Death of Giuliano della Rovere (Pope Julius II) – Giovanni de' Medici elected Pope Leo X (age 37) - start of lavish spending, bankruptcy within two years, simony (selling of church property) and licensing of brothels - Boy painted with gold paint as part of celebration - he dies
Selling indulgences to construct St. Peter’s Basilica
Deaths: James IV of Scotland (in battle), Pope Julius II, Edmund Earl of Sussex (executed)

General: Treaty of Mechlin – Maximilian I Henry VIII the pope and Ferdinand of Aragon agree to invade France
English defeat Scots at Battle of Flodden (Field) - James IV killed with most of nobility and clergy
Denmark: Christian II named King of Denmark and Norway
France: French king Louis XII expelled from Italy
German States: Peasants' revolts in Wurttenberg and Black Forest
Tilman Reimenschneider finishes tomb of Emperor Henry II at Bamberg Cathedral
Italian States: Raphael designs excavation of ancient Rome
Battle of Novara – French driven out of Italy
Giuliano rules Medici dynasty as brother made pope
Scotland: Death of James IV of Scotland at battle of Flodden Field - beginning of rule of James V – Margaret Tudor assumes regency
Switzerland: Appenzel joins Swiss Confederation
Vatican City: Pope Leo X starts sculpture gallery at Vatican