PEACH

History

1512

Population: 469 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Thomas Murner (satirical poem)
Art includes Hans Baldung-Grien "Mystic Pieta", Andrea del Sarto "The Annunciation", Michelangelo (Sistine Chapel), Raphael (portrait of Julius II),
Music includes Erhart Deglin (German music), First use of the word “Masque” to denote a poetic drama
Religion: Fifth Lateran Council pronounces Immortality of the Soul as a dogma of the Church
Second Book of Masses by des Pres
Martin Luther named Doctor of Divinity
Science: Copernicus publishes "Commentariolus" in which he proposes the earth and other planets revolve around the sun
Deaths: Explorer Amerigo Vespucci, Bajazed II Sultan of Turks

Northern Africa: Askia Mohammed of Songhai defeats Hausa states in Southern Sahara

Portuguese discover Celebes - reach Moluccas in Asia and obtain cloves and nutmeg

General: French defeat Spanish and papal forces at Ravenna with Pierre du Terrail le Chavalier de Bayard as hero of the battle
War between Russia and Poland to 1522
England: Royal Navy builds double-deck ships with 70 guns
German States: German Diet assembles in Cologne and undertakes further imperial reorganization
Ban on quacks in Augsburg
Public-resistance to trading monopolies in Germany due to indebtedness of Emperor Maximilian I to Jakob Fugger
Holy Roman Empire: Albrecht Dürer becomes court painter to HRE Maximillian I
Italian States: French victory in Italy at Ravenna
Cardinal Giovanni de Medici (Later Pope Leo X) with brother and Spanish troops sack Prato and Machiavelli's troops
Switzerland: Swiss join League and drive French out of Milan

Ottoman Turks: End of Bajazet II Sultan of Turks – Selim I (the Grim) named Sultan of Turkey
Persia: Shi'ism state religion of Persia