
1480
1480 • Consorts and co-rulers Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile initiate the Spanish Inquisition (looking for heretics and unconverted Jews). |
1504
Age: 24y
1504 • The Signoria of Florence commissions both Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo to paint the walls of the Grand Council Chamber in the Palazzo Vecchio. |
1505
Age: 25y
birth of childJohn Hygebed III Dagnall, Edlesborough, England ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1505 • Vasili III succeeds Ivan III as Grand Prince of Muscovy. |
1535
Age: 55y
1535 • French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail for his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (taken by Cartier during his first voyage). |