PEACH

History

1528

Population: 482 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Johannes Agricola (book of German proverbs), Sebastian Franck The Vice of Drinking, Ulrich von Hutten Arminius (posthumous), Alfonso de Valdes (politics), Erasmus (satire on Latin scholarship), Castiglione The Courtier, Aztec Anals of Tiatelolco
Art includes Hans Holbein the Younger "The Artist's Family"
Music includes Martin Agricola (book about music)
Exploration: Hutterites led by Jacob Hutter establish community of love – driven out
Medicine: Paracelsus writes first manual of surgery
Theophrastus von Hohenheim expelled from Basel for medical innovations
First manual of surgery written by Paracelsus – a Swiss physician
Deaths: Artist Albrecht Durer, Artist Palma Vecchio, Anabaptist Balthasar Hubmair (executed), Philosopher Wang Yang-Ming, Artist Matthias Grunewald, Patrick Hamilton (executed)

Caribbean: Cyclone hits Gulf of Mexico sinking Spanish ships
North America: Spanish expedition goes to FL looking for gold, shipwrecked and four survivors start walking
Venezuela: Augsburg merchants Welser receive from Charles V the privilege of colonizing Venezuela

England: Weavers of Kent riot against Wolsey's policy to mobe English staple town for wool from Antwerp to Calais
"The Sweat" in England
Henry VIII explains to nobles and citizens of London motives for seeking a divorce from Catherine of Aragon
Severe plague outbreaks including "The Sweat" and typhus
German States: Melanchthon suggests educational reforms in Germany
Holy Roman Empire: Anabaptist Balthasar Hubmair burned at the stake in Vienna
Ferdinand of Austria succeeds to Hungarian throne
Italian States: Rome plundered by imperial troops
Famine in Venice
Scotland: Reformation begins in Scotland
Patrick Hamilton of Scotland executed for Protestantism
Spain: Diego de Siloe creates Granada Cathedral