1500 Individual post In the year 1501, Copernicus is formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral (Jul 27), Arthur, Prince of Wales, marries the Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon (Nov 14), Amerigo Vespucci maps the two stars Alpha and Beta Centauri, Michelangelo returns to Florence to begin work on the statue David - and all these fine people were born: 1501-xxxx Anne Boleyn* Queen of England as the second wife of King Henry VIII/mother of the future Queen Elizabeth I - Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England (1536/30-35) YouTube 1501-0117Leonhart Fuchs* physician/botanist- Wemding, Bavaria (1566/65) 1501-0718 Isabella of Austria* Queen of Denmark/Sweden/Norway - Brussels, Belgium (1526/24) 1502 Individual post 1503 Individual post 1504 Individual post 1505 Individual post 1506 Individual post 1507 Individual Post Continue reading

1510 Individual post 1511 Individual post In the year 1512, (), (), Sten Sture the Younger is elected new Regent of Sweden (Jul 23), gypsies are mentioned for the tirst time in official Swedish records (Sep 29), the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti, is exhibited to the public for the first time (Nov 1), the Republic of Florence begins to be dismantled, and the Medici Family comes back into power. Continue reading

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