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Treaty of St Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors and Bourgondisch covenant

Treaty of St Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors and Bourgondisch covenant

Treaty of St Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors and Bourgondisch covenant

Events Before

  1. Martin Luther sends his Ninety-five Theses to Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating the Protestant R

    Martin Luther sends his Ninety-five Theses to Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating the Protestant Reformation

  2. Ottoman forces take Cairo, capital of the Mamluk Sultanate

    Ottoman Egypt was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire after the conquest of Mamluk Egypt by the Ottomans in 1517. The Ottomans administered Egypt as a province (eyalet) of their empire.

  3. Ottoman army occupies Cairo

    Ottoman Egypt was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire after the conquest of Mamluk Egypt by the Ottomans in 1517.

  4. Philip of Burgundy is installed as Bishop of Utrecht by Charles, Duke of Burgundy

    Philip of Burgundy is installed as Bishop of Utrecht by Charles, Duke of Burgundy

  5. British admiral Sir Thomas Pert reaches Hudson Bay

    British admiral Sir Thomas Pert reaches Hudson Bay

Events After

  1. Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, with 11 ships and 500 men

    Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, with 11 ships and 500 men

  2. King Carlos I is elected Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

    Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (as Charles I) from 1516 to 1556, King of Sicily and Naples from 1516...

  3. Public debate between Martin Luther and theologian Johann Eck at Pleissenburg Castle in Liepzig, during which Luther den

    Public debate between Martin Luther and theologian Johann Eck at Pleissenburg Castle in Liepzig, during which Luther denies the divine right of the Pope

  4. Francisco Pizarro receives a royal charter for the west coast of South America

    Francisco Pizarro receives a royal charter for the west coast of South America

  5. Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan sets off on the first successful circumnavigation of t

    Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan sets off on the first successful circumnavigation of the globe (Magellan is killed en route)

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