, 



A.D. 



Famine and the plague raged in Denmark. 



1485. Battle of Boiworth. Au^. 2'2. The houses of 



York and Lancaitrr united. Demctriui Chal- 

 condyle.. ob. 151 S. 



1486. The Russians conquer the kingdom of Casan. 



Angelo Politian, oli. 14!M, x: 

 1*87. The (tar-chamber instituted in England. Her- 



molaut Barbara*, ob. 1493, zl. 39. 

 14S8. The battle of St Aubin, June 28. Cape of Good 



Hope discovered. 



1489. Map* and lea charts introduced into England. 



Diamonds polished at Bruges. An earthquake 

 at Constantinople. Cyprus ceded to the Venetians. 



1490. Poetry begins to fl.'uruh in Germany. 



1491. A comet appear* in Spring during an eclipse of 



the sun, towards the south. The study of the 

 Greek tongue introduced into England, by 

 William Grocyn, ob. 15252, zt. 80. Baptists 

 Mantuanui, ob. 1516, zt. 68. 



1492. A comet appears in December, and is visible in 



the evening for two months. Brittany rc-uuited 

 to France. America discovered by Columbus, 

 placed by Blair in 1494. Isle of St Domingo 

 discovered. Peace between Charles VIII. and 

 Henry VI. Ferdinand expelled the Moors 

 from Granada, after a possession of above 800 

 years. A meteoric stone, of '260 pounds weight, 

 fell at Ensisheim, near Sturgau in Alsace, No- 

 vember 7. 



1493. A comet seen before and after passing its meri- 



dian. Montserrat discovered. Jo. Reuchlin, 

 surnamcd Capnio, introduces the Hebrew and 

 Greek languages into Germany, b. 1521, *t. 

 67. 



1494- University of Aberdeen (King's College) founded 

 by Bishop Elphiiietonc. Poyning's act passes 

 in Ireland. 



1495. Kingdom of Naples seized by the king of France. 



Algebra taught by a Friar at Venice. The diet 

 of Worms. The venereal disease brought into 

 Europe. 



1496. The Jews and Moors expelled from Portugal. 



John Colet, ob. 1519, zt. 53. 



1497. Americus Vespucius discovers North America. 



Vasquez de Gama's expedition to the East In- 

 dies. 



1*98. Poland ravaged by the Wallachians, who carry off 

 100,000 prisoners, and sell them to the Turks. 

 Alexander ab Alexandra, ob. 1521, zt. 50. 



1499. A comet appears. War between the Venetians 



and the Turks. Louis XII. takes possession 

 of the Milanese. Dr Thomas Lynacre, ob. 1524. 



1500. A comet appears in April, and is seen below Ca- 



pricorn for 18 days. The Portuguese discover 

 Brajil. John Cabot discovers Florida. The 

 empire divided into nix circle* by Maximilian. 

 Painting in chiaro obscuro discovered. A great 

 pestilence in England. 



SIXTEENTH CKNTL-RY. 



1501. Inquisitorial tribunal established at Venice. The 



kingdom of Naples seized by Louis of France 

 and Ferdinand of Castile. Aldus Maoutius, ob. 

 1513. 



1502. St Helena discovered. Pomponatius of Mantua, 



ob. 1525, zt. 63. Gonsalvo, ob. 1515, zt. 72. 

 J50S. The battle of Cerignole, April 28. Leonardo 



CHRONOLOGY. 



A. D. 



da Vinci, ob. 1520, *t. 75. Cardinal Ximene*, 

 ob. 1517, xt. 80. 



1504. A comet appears. King Henry VII. built a cha- 



pel at Westminster Abbey. Hats made at Pa- 

 ris. Gawin Douglas, ob. l.r.'l. 



1505. Shillings first coined in England. Two comets 



appeared. Albert Durcr of Nuremberg, ob. 

 . :. .r. 



1506. A comet appears in August. Academy of Frank- 



fort on the Oder founded. Ceylon discovert J. 

 Nicholas Mai-hiavel, ob. 15.. 



1507. The Genoese subdued by Louis. Madagascar 



discovered by the Portuguese. Lewis Ariotto, 

 ob. 15S3. 



1508. The It-ague of Cambray against the Venetians 



signed, Dec. 10. Budzus of Paris, ob. 1540, 

 zt. 73. 



1509. The Venetians defeated. The battle of Aignadel, 



May 14. An earthquake at Constantinople, 

 Sept. 14. 



1510. About 1200 meteoric stones, one of which wcighi 



ed 120, and another 60 pounds, foil at Padua. 

 The pope grants to Ferdinand the investiture of 

 Naples, July 2:1. 



1511. A large comet appears in Leo, in June and July. 



The Spaniards conquer the island of Cuba. A 

 league against the French between the emperor, 

 the pope, and the Venetians, Oct. 4. Raphael, 

 ob. 1520, zt. 37. 



1512. A comet appears in March and April. The bat- 



tle of Ravenna, April 11. The river De la 

 Plata discovered. Etching on copper invent- 

 ed. Some place it in 1459. Erasmus, ob. 1536, 

 zt. 70. 



1513. War between England and Scotland. The bat- 



tle of Novarro, in which the Swiss defeat the 

 French. Battle of the Spurs, Aug. 16. Bat- 

 tle of Flodden, between the Scotch and English, 

 Sept. 9. Sannazarius of Naples, ob. 1530. 



1514. A comet appears in Leo in Jan. and Feb. Can- 



non bullets of stone still used. War between 

 the Ottoman empire and Persia. PoJydore Vir- 

 gil, ob. 1555, zt. 80. 



1515. Copernicus observed the vernal equinox, March 



11, 4 h 30* morn, at Fruemberg. He observed 

 Spica Virginia in ~ 17 3' 2", and the sun's 

 apogee in as 6 40'. The 1st Polyglot Bible 

 printed at Alcala. Battle of Marignan between 

 the French and Swiss, Sept. 13 and 14. Fer- 

 dinand annexed the kingdom of Navarre to that 

 of Castile. Cornelius Agrippa, ob. 1534, zt. 

 48. 



1516. A comet appears. The kingdom of Algiers 



seized by Barbarossa. War between the Per- 

 sians and Turks. Treaty of Noyon, Aug. 16. 

 Francis Guiccardini, ob. 1540, zt. 58. 

 1517- A comet appears in Leo. Luther propagates the 

 doctrines of the Reformation in Germany, ob. 

 1546, zt. 63. The Turks terminate the king- 

 dom of the Mamelukes in Egypt. 



1518. New Spain and the Straits of M-gellan discovered. 



Zuinglius, ob. 1531. 



1519. Francis I. and Chatles V. claim the imperial 



throne. Proportional compasses invented be- 

 fore this by L. da Vinci. Cardinal Bembo of 

 Venice, ob. 1547, zt. 68. 



1520. A comet appears. War between Prussia and Po- 



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