PEACH

History

1517

Population: 473 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Teofilo Folengo (Latin satirical poetry), Bartolome de Torres Naharro (Spanish comedies), Hans Sachs (farces), Ulrich con Hutten crowned King of Poets by Emperor Maximilian I, Reuchlin (book on Caballa),
Art includes Sebastiano del Piombo "Raising of Lazarus", Andrea del Sarto "Madonna of the Harpies", Quentin Massys "Erasmus" portrait, Raphael "Lo Spasimo",
Religion: Pope names 31 new cardinals sympathetic to Medicis – runs up huge papal debt – widespread selling of indulgences
95 theses published in Germany be Martin Luther especially noting the selling of indulgences - Reformation begins Oct 31
End of Lateran council - allows usury
Pope Leo X publishes Papal Bull for five-year peace in Christendom
Selling of indulgences under Pope Leo X
Deaths: Composer Heinrich Isaak, Painter Fra Bartolomeo,

Egypt: Ottomans defeat Mamluks and conquer Egypt - Turks take Cairo and Arabia after Mecca's surrender to Selim I under Turk suzerainty

General: Coffee reaches Europe
England: "Evil May Day" riots in London as 60 rioters are hanged on Cardinal Woolsey's orders
Sweating Sickness wipes out half of capital towns in England – Oxford depopulated
France: College des Trois Langues in Louvain founded
German States: Reformation starts in Germany – first in Europe
Holy Roman Empire: Ludwig Senfl made court composer to Maximilian I
Archduke Charles grants monopoly of Negro slave trade to Flemish merchants
Italian States: War between De Medicis and Duke of Urbino Foancesco Maria I della Rovere
Spain: Archduke Charles arrives in Spain from Netherlands – on death of Cardinal Jiminez he makes former tutor chief of Spain – Guillaume de Chievres
Seville cathedral finished
Bartolome de Las Casas protests enslavement of Indians