PEACH

World

Population: 474 Million*

Entertainment: Art includes Albrecht Altdorfer paints "St. Florian" altarpiece, Durer paints portraits of Emperor Maximilian I and Jakob Fugger, Raphael paints Pope Leo X and cardinals
Ariosto at the court of Ferrara attanges regular performances at the court theater
Mathematics: Adam Riese the German mathematician publishes book on practical arithmetic
Religion: Martin Luther summoned by Cardinal Cajetan to Diet of Augsburg but he refuses to recant
Technology: Spectacles for the nearsighted invented

General: License to import 4000 African slaves to Spanish American colonies granted to Lorens de Gominot
North Africa: The Barbary States of Algiers and Tunis founded

Caribbean: Smallpox
Mexico: Juan de Grijalva explores coast of Yucatan and discovers Mexico
Cortez begins conquest of Aztecs - Cortez told to establish post on the mainland
Smallpox outbreak

General: Peace of London between England, France, Emperor Maximilian I, the Pope, and Spain devised by Cardinal Wolsey
E Asian porcelain comes to Europe
England: Royal college of Physicians founded in London
German States: Melanchthon appointed professor of Greek at U of Wittenberg
First fire engine constructed in Germany by Anthony Blatner
Holy Roman Empire: Forks are first used at a banquet in Venice
Spain: License to import 4000 African slaves to Spanish American colonies granted to Lorens de Gominot