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Subject: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/15 at 11:46 am

May 13th 1515 – Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk are officially married at Greenwich.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/15 at 4:41 am

September 10th 1515 – Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/15 at 2:23 am

September 18th 1715 – George I arrives in Great Britain for the first time since becoming king on August 1st.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/16 at 1:09 am

April 23rd 1516 – The Bayerische Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) is signed in Ingolstadt.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/16 at 3:57 am

May 8th 1516 – Trần Cảo Rebellion: A group of imperial guards, led by Trịnh Duy Sản, murdered Emperor Lê Tương Dực and fled, leaving the capital Thăng Long undefended.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/16 at 11:34 pm

August 24th 1516 – The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/15/17 at 5:51 am

August 15th 1517 – Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/17 at 6:03 am

October 31st 1517 - Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church. The event marked the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/19 at 5:46 am

March 13th 1519 - Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés landed in Mexico.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: nally on 05/02/19 at 5:43 pm

It was on May 2nd 1519 when Leonardo Da Vinci passed away.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: nally on 05/16/19 at 12:37 am


May 13th 1619 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.

That was only 400 years ago.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/10/19 at 10:09 am

July 10th 1519 – Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/19 at 2:06 am

August 20th 1519 – Philosopher and general Wang Yangming defeats Zhu Chenhao, ending the Prince of Ning rebellion against the reign of the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: nally on 11/08/19 at 10:23 pm

November 8th 1519: 1st meeting of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II and Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés in Tenochtitlan, Mexico.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/20 at 7:58 am

May 20th 1520 – In Mexico, the massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl takes place during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, resulting in turning the Aztecs against the Spanish.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/20 at 7:36 am

October 21st 1520 – Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as the Strait of Magellan.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 12:28 pm

November 8th 1520 – Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people mostly noblemen.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/20 at 3:54 am

November 9th 1520 – More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: mercuryse7entenorsea on 12/10/20 at 6:08 pm

December 10, 1520: Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: nally on 01/03/21 at 11:40 am

January 3rd 1521: Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: nally on 03/06/21 at 12:41 pm

March 6th 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/21 at 4:59 am


March 6th 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.
25 days later:

March 31st 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan and fifty of his men came ashore to present-day Limasawa to participate in the first Catholic mass in the Philippines. It was Easter Sunday too!

I have always wish to visit this site, may be time I will achieve it.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: nally on 04/17/21 at 11:14 am

April 17th 1521: A trial began, of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asked for time to reflect before answering and was given a stay of one day.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/21 at 7:54 am

April 27th 1521 – Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapulapu.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/21 at 7:30 am

May 20th 1521 –  Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian Ignatius of Loyola is seriously wounded in the Battle of Pampeluna.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/21 at 2:29 am

June 30th 1521 – Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.

Subject: Re: 500 Years Ago Thread

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/22 at 3:11 am

September 6th 1522 – The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world.

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