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World

General

Population: 469 Million*
  • Entertainment: Writers include Gil Vicente (religious play), Erasmus In Praise of Folly
    Art includes Da Vinci (Trivulzio monument), Durer "Adoration of the Trinity", Matthias Grunewald (Isenheim altar), Raphael "The School of Athens"
    Music includes Arnolt Schlick writing about organ building and playing
  • Exploration: Portuguese navigators begin to explore Pacific

Americas

  • Caribbean: Cortes arrives in the Caribbean
    First African Slaves reach Caribbean
  • Cuba: Diego de Valasquez de Cuellar occupies Cuba
    Friar Antonio de Montesinos preaches in Hispaniola against enslavement of Indians

Asia

  • General: Portuguese discover Amboyna and conquer Malacca under Albuquerque

Europe

  • General: Pope Julius II forms Holy League with Venice and Aragon to drive French out of Italy - Henry VII joins and begins reforming navy
  • England: Erasmus made professor of Greek at Cambridge
    Son born to Henry and Katherine of Aragon dies – series of miscarriages follow
  • Russia: Third Rome idea preached in Russia



 
 
 
 
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