History
 

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World

General

Population: 451 Million*
  • Entertainment: Writers include Eger Bohemia Corpus Christi Play, Start of Spanish drama
    Music includes beginnings of ballet at Italian courts
  • Medicine: Leonardo da Vinci observes capillary action of liquids in small-bore tubes
  • Technology: Graphite first used for writing in England
  • Deaths: King of Hungary Matthias Corvinus

Africa

  • Congo: King Nzinga Nkuwu of Congo becomes Christian - converted by Portuguese

Europe

  • General: First orphanages in Italy and Holland
  • Holy Roman Empire: Maximilian I of Germany acquires the Tirol
  • Hungary: Death of King of Hungary Matthias Corvinus son of Janos Hunyady - Vladislav II of Bohemia elected to succeed him
  • Italian States: Aldus Manutius sets up Aldine Press in Venice to make classical works available

Middle East

  • Frisia: End of kingdom of Frisia (Friesland) in Near East (North Sea - S. Russia)



 
 
 
 
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