istoryworld
All Events
Babur captures Kabul, making it and eastern Afghanistan the first possession of the Mughal empire
St Peter’s is rebuilt, retaining some Norman work in the chancel from the original ‘chapelry’
The Portuguese establish a presence in Sri Lanka, trading in the island's crop of cinammon
Leonardo captures the enigmatic smile of Lisa Gherardini, known now as the Mona Lisa
Pope Julius II summons Michelangelo to Rome to create the pope's own elaborately sculpted tomb
Julius II, together with the architect Bramante, lays the foundation stone for the new St Peter's
The editor of a pamphlet proposes that the recently found continent should be named America after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci
Michelangelo begins work in Rome on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel
Raphael is summoned to Rome by Julius II and is given a major commission for frescoes
The newly crowned and recently married king, Henry VIII, spends his first Christmas with his wife, Catherine of Aragon, at Richmond
Raphael begins work on the frescoes in the pope's apartment in the Vatican, known as the Stanze ('Rooms')
On the death of his father, and as the result of the death of his elder brother Arthur, Henry VIII becomes king of England
Erasmus and Thomas More take the northern Renaissance in the direction of Christian humanism
Giorgione and Titian introduce the richness of colour which characterizes the high Renaissance style in Venice
The Portuguese seize Goa and make it their colonial capital in India
The startling colour contrasts in Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling anticipate one of the main characteristics of Italian mannerism
The painter Giorgione dies after a short but extremely influential life in Venice
The earliest surviving curling stone, discovered in Scotland, dates from this year
The Portuguese take control of Malacca, in the Malay peninsula, as a base for trade further east
The Portuguese make treaties in the Moluccas (or Spice Islands), to trade in cloves and nutmeg
James IV of Scotland dies at Flodden, in the disastrous defeat of his army by the English
Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches the Pacific coast and claims the ocean for the king of Spain
On the death of his father at Flodden, the one-year-old James V becomes king of Scotland
Eucharius Rösslin publishes the first textbook for midwives, later translated into English as The byrthe of mankynde
Thomas Wolsey leases Hampton Court from Henry Daubeney
