PEACH

History

1514

Population: 471 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Lucas Hernandez (plays), First book printed in Arabic type published in Italy, Machiavelli,
Art includes Bosch "The Garden of Worldly Desires" (Earthly delights), Coreggio discovers chiaroscuro art, Cranach "Henry of Saxony", Dürer "Melancholia", Titian "The Tribute Money"
Religion: Pope Leo X speaks out against slavery in papal bull
Deaths: Architect Donato Bramante, Queen of France Anne of Brittany, Composer Gaspar van Weerbecke of Flanders, Rebel György Dózsa of Hungary

General: Anglo-French truce – Louis XII marries Mary Tudor – sister of Henry VIII – Louis XII's daughter Claude marries Francis Duke of Angouleme
Pineapples first arrive in Europe
England: Thomas Wolsey made Archbishop of York
Corporation of Trinity House founded in London to provide navigation help for Thames River
France: Death of Anne of Brittany the Queen of France
German States: Albert of Brandenburg becomes Archbishop of Mainz in return for 30,000 ducats
House of Fugger secures right to sell papal indulgences in Germany
Hungary: Peasants' revolt in Hungary led by George Dozsa
György Dózsa of Hungary condemned to sit on red hot throne with hot iron crown and scepter – then he was roasted and fed to fellow rebels
Portugal: King Manuel I of Portugal gives Indian elephant to Pope Leo X
Russia: Vasili II ruler of Moscow takes Smolensk
Scotland: Margaret Tudor the Regent of Scotland marries Archibald Douglas the Earl of Angus
Spain: Salamanca Cathedral begun

Ottoman Empire: Selim I the Sultan of Turkey attacks Persia
Selim wages war against the Safavids, winning decisive Ottoman victory at Chaldiran - Ottoman frontier shifts east
Persia: Ottoman Turks invade Persia