PEACH

History

1516

Population: 472 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Ludovico Ariosto, Anthology of Spanish-Portuguese poems, Sir Anthony Fitzherbert (digest of court cases), Sir Thomas More Utopia, Josquin des Pris (third book of Masses), Peter Martyr Decades on New-World discoveries, Machiavelli The Prince
Art includes Michelangelo "Moses", Raphael "The Sistine Madonna", Titian "The Assumption"
Music includes first engraving of music on plates in Italy
Religion: Erasmus publishes New Testament with Greek and Latin texts
Group of cardinals attempt to assassinate Pope – Pope warned and conspirators killed
Deaths: Artist Giovanni Bellini, Artist Heironymus Bosch, Vladislav II of Bohemia and Hungary, Explorer Diaz de Solis

Egypt: Selim I defeats Egyptian forces near Aleppo at Battle of Marjdabik and annexes Syria - war to 1517

Argentina: Death of Diaz de Solis while searching Argentina for passage to Pacific
Mexico: De Soto leaves Spain for Central Mexico

General: Treaty of Freiburg – perpetual peace between France and Swiss
Dyestuff indigo comes to Europe
Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain – French relinquish claim to Naples
Coffee introduced to Europe
Czechoslovakia: Death of Vladislav II of Bohemia and Hungary
England: First child born to Henry VIII – future Queen Mary
Corpus Christi College founded at Oxford
France: Concordat at Bologna between Pope Leo X and Francis I – France secures independence in ecclesiastical appointments
Da Vinci goes to France
Holland: Franz von Taxis made postmaster-general of Netherlands
Italian States: Giuliano De Medici named a cardinal and Lorenzo II rules Medici clan
Spain: Archduke Charles (later Emperor) (grandson) succeeds as King of Spain (and Burgundy, Belgium and Netherlands) on death of Ferdinand II
Hapsburgs win control of Spain through marriage

Ottoman Empire: COnquests spread through Arabia to Africa
Palestine: Ottomans gain control
Persia: Ottomans defeat the Mamlukes, allied with Persia, at Marj Dabiq which leads to conquest of Syria and Palestine, Damascus falls to Turks
Syria: Selim I defeats Egyptian forces near Aleppo and annexes Syria