Din Timelines

World History Timelines

1491 to 1492

1491

x - Pietro Roccabonella, doctor of medicine and lecturer at the Universtity of Padua, died.

feb 02 - During the Wars of the Roses + , the army of York defeated the forces of Lancaster at Mortimer's Cross. The victory fixed Edward IV on the thrown.

jun 28 - Henry Tudor l.Henry VIII of England + r.1509-1547 was born in Greenwich, son of Henry VII. He will found the Church od England and divorce four times. An inventory of in1547 estimated his wealth at £300,000 and his military equipment at another £300,000.

nov 11 - Martin Bucer is born. Will spend much of his time working for unity among the splintering Protestants. He differed from Luther in his belief in "double predestination."

dec 24 - Ignatius Loyolad.1556 , Spanish soldier and ecclesiastic, was born. He founded the Society of Jesus,i.e. the Jesuits, wrote Spiritual Exercises, and introduced a new flexibility that enabled a worldwide ministry.

1492

c - Portugal King Manuel I, bedazzled by the Moorish tiles at the Alhambra in Spain, brought home enough to decorate his palace in Sintra.

x - Russia ?+ under Ivan III + the Great invades Lithuania. List of Tsars

x - Profession of publisher emerges, consisting of typefounder, printer, and bookseller

x - Lorenzo de? Medici dies

x - Nuremberg geographer Behaim constructs first terrestrial globe

x - Leonardo da Vinci draws a flying machine.

x - Jews began arriving in Morocco after their expulsion from Spain.

x - Sephardic Jews were welcomed by the Ottoman Empire after their expulsion from Spain.

x - Some 11 million African people were brought to the New World as slaves during this period. u.1870

jan 02 - Sultan Muhammad XI in Granada surrenders to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I ending Muslim rule in Spain.

mar 31 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella issued an edict expelling Jews from Spanish soil, except those willing to convert to Christianity. Jews numbered about 80,000 and it was estimated that about half chose to convert.

apr 17 - A contract was signed byChristopher Columbus ?+ and a representative of Spain's King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, giving Columbus a commission to seek a westward ocean passage to find the Indies.

aug 03 - Christopher Columbus departed Palos, Spain, with the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina on a voyage that would take him to the present-day Americas. The Santa Maria was formally listed as La Gallicia and the Nina as Santa Clara. He sailed across the Ocean Sea, as the Atlantic was then called, and headed for Cipangu, i.e. Japan.

aug 11 - Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia Lanzol + a.61 becomes Pope Alexander VId.1503.He siphoned off untold riches from Church funds.

oct 12 - Columbus' ?+ expedition sites land, an island of the Bahamas which he named San Salvador, called Guanahani by the local Taino people. Pinta's lookout, Rodrigo de Triana, saw a white cliff in the moonlight on the morning.

dec 05 - Columbus discovered Haiti. His flagship Santa Maria was wrecked off the coast and he established the settlement of La Navidad where he left 40 crew members with instructions to obtain gold and find its source. When he returned on his 2nd voyage he found the town burned and all the Spaniards dead.

dec 06 - Columbus lands on the island of Santo Domingo in search of gold. It was a Sunday and named the island Dominica.

Inline links found above : [1509] [1547] [1556] [1870] [Wars of the Roses +] [Henry VIII of England +] [Russia ?+] [Ivan III +] [List of Tsars] [Christopher Columbus ?+] [Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia Lanzol +] [Columbus' ?+]