History
 

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World

General

Population: 450 Million*
  • Mathematics: Symbols plus + and minus – come into use
  • Religion: Inquisitors Kramer and Sprenger publish Malleus Maleficarum as handbook for witch hunting
  • Deaths: Zurich mayor Hans Waldmann (executed)

Asia

  • India: Yasuf Adil Shah – former slave – becomes ruler of Bijapur, India

Europe

  • Cyprus: Caterina Cornaro Queen of Cyprus forced to cede kingdom to Venice
  • Italian States: Benedetto da Majano begins to build Palazzo Strozzi in Florence
  • Spain: Typhus outbreak in south
  • Switzerland: Hans Waldmann the Mayor of Zurich executed as dictator



 
 
 
 
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