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1527 In Literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1527. Events *June 23 – Paracelsus burns books of Avicenna. New books Prose *Hector Boece – ''Historia Scotorum'' *Philippe de Commines – ''Mémoires (Part 2: Books 7–8)'' *Hans Sachs and Andreas Osiander – ''Eyn wunderliche Weyssagung von dem Babsttumb, wie es ihm biz an das endt der welt gehen sol'' ("A wonderful prophecy of the papacy about how things will go for it up until the end of the world") Poetry *Pietro Aretino – ''Sonetti Lussuriosi'' ("Sonnets of lust" or "Aretino's Postures", to accompany an edition of Marcantonio Raimondi, Raimondi's erotic engravings, ''I Modi'') Births *July 13 – John Dee, English mathematician, astrologer and antiquary (died 1608 or 1609) *''Unknown dates'' **Luis de León, Spanish mystic and lyric poet (died 1591 in literature, 1591) **Łukasz Górnicki, Polish humanist and poet (died 1603 in literature, 1603) **Iacob Heraclid, Maltese-born humanist and mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iacob Heraclid
Iacob Heraclid (or Eraclid; el, Ἰάκωβος Ἡρακλείδης; 1527 – November 5, 1563), born Basilicò and also known as Iacobus Heraclides, Heraclid Despotul, or Despot Vodă ("Despot the Voivode"), was a Greek Maltese soldier, adventurer and intellectual, who reigned as Prince of Moldavia from November 1561 to November 1563. He is remembered as a pioneer of the Protestant faith in Eastern Europe, a champion of Renaissance humanism, and a founder of academic life in Moldavia. Active within the Greek diaspora in several countries, he was a student of Hermodorus Lestarchus, and worked as a scribe alongside his cousin, Iakobos Diassorinos. Heraclid forged his genealogy several times, claiming to be a member of the Branković dynasty; he was more reliably related to the Byzantine nobility in Rhodes, and claimed the titular lordship of Samos. In the late 1540s and early '50s, he studied medicine at the University of Montpellier, and married a local. A duelist and alleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1460 In Literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in the 15th century. __TOC__ Events *1403 – A guild of stationers is founded in the City of London. As the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (the "Stationers' Company"), it continues to be a Livery Company in the 21st century. *1403–08 – The '' Yongle Encyclopedia'' is written in China. *c. 1408–11 – An Leabhar Breac is probably compiled by Murchadh Ó Cuindlis at Duniry in Ireland. *c. 1410 – John, Duke of Berry, commissions the '' Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry'', illustrated by the Limbourg brothers between c. 1412 and 1416. *1424 – The first French royal library is transferred by the English regent of France, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, to England. *1425 – At about this date the first Guildhall Library (probably for theology) is established in the City of London under the will of Richard Whittington. *1434 – Japanese Noh actor and playwright Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Froben
Johann Froben, in Latin: Johannes Frobenius (and combinations), (c. 1460 – 27 October 1527) was a famous printer, publisher and learned Renaissance humanist in Basel. He was a close friend of Erasmus and cooperated closely with Hans Holbein the Younger. He made Basel one of the world's leading centres of the book trade. He passed his printing business on to his son, Hieronymus, and grandson, Ambrosius Frobenius. Biography Froben was born in Hammelburg, Franconia. After completing his university career at Basel, where he made the acquaintance of the famous printer Johann Amerbach (c. 1440 — 1513), Froben established a printing house in that city about 1491, and this soon attained a European reputation for accuracy and taste. In 1500, he married the daughter of the bookseller Wolfgang Lachner, who entered into a partnership with him. It was part of Froben's plan to print editions of the Greek Fathers. Between 1496 and 1512 he was in a printing alliance together with Amerbach, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 27
Events Pre-1600 * 312 – Constantine is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. * 1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. * 1524 – French troops lay siege to Pavia. * 1553 – Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva. 1601–1900 * 1644 – Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War. * 1682 – Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. * 1775 – King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament. * 1795 – The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S. * 1806 – The French Army under Napoleon enters Berlin following the Prussian defeat at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt. * 1810 – United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida. * 1838 &ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1457 In Literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in the 15th century. __TOC__ Events *1403 – A guild of stationers is founded in the City of London. As the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (the "Stationers' Company"), it continues to be a Livery Company in the 21st century. *1403–08 – The '' Yongle Encyclopedia'' is written in China. *c. 1408–11 – An Leabhar Breac is probably compiled by Murchadh Ó Cuindlis at Duniry in Ireland. *c. 1410 – John, Duke of Berry, commissions the '' Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry'', illustrated by the Limbourg brothers between c. 1412 and 1416. *1424 – The first French royal library is transferred by the English regent of France, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, to England. *1425 – At about this date the first Guildhall Library (probably for theology) is established in the City of London under the will of Richard Whittington. *1434 – Japanese Noh actor and playwright Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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