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History

1499

Population: 459 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Fernando de Rojas Celistina (Spanish comedy), Willibald Pirckheimer Bellum Helveticum
Art includes Durer, Giorgione "Portrait of a Young Man"
First political cartoons appear – on French-Italian war
Exploration: Amerigo Vespucci and Alonso de Ojeda leave Spain on voyage of discovery to S. America
Religion: Spanish inquisitor general Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros introduces forced mass conversions of Moors – cause of great Moorish revolt in Granada
Science: Antimony first produced and exported from Hungary
Deaths: Regent of Milan Ludovico Sforza, Attempted usurper Perkin Warbeck (executed), Philosopher and scholar Marsilo Ficino,

General: Treaty of Basle
England: Plague in England causes Henry VII to flee to Calais
University of Oxford institutes degrees in music
Conspiracy of usurper Perkin Warbeck to escape from the Tower of London discovered – tried for treason and finally executed
France: Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany - widow of Charles VIII to keep duchy of Brittany for the French crown
German States: German village tries bear in court for ravaging villages – defense asks for jury of peers
Italian States: Ludovico Sforza the Regent of Milan dies
Partition of Milan – Lodovico Sforza flees to the Tirol – French take Milan – Louis XII enters the city
War between Turks and Venice – defeat of Venetian fleet at Sapienza – Lepanto surrenders to the Sultan, University of Alcala founded
Signorelli creates frescoes at Orvieto Cathedral
Spain: Inquisition increases
Switzerland: War between Swabian League and Swiss cantons ends with the Peace of Basel – the Swiss establishing their independence

Ottoman Empire: War between Turks and Venice – defeat of Venetian fleet at Sapienza – Lepanto surrenders to the Sultan
War between Ottomans and alliance of Venice and Hungary