1500 In Literature

	1500 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1500. Events December 31 – ''Figurae bibliae'' by Antonius Rampegollis is printed in Venice by Georgius Arrivabenus. This is generally accepted as the last of the end of incunables. ''unknown date'' – John Skelton, tutor to Prince Henry (second son of King Henry VII of England, is referred to as "unum Britannicarum literarum lumen ac decus" in ''De Laudibus Britanniae'', a Latin ode by Desiderius Erasmus, . New books Prose '' This is the Boke of Cokery'' (first known printed cookbook in English) Hieronymus Brunschwygk – '' Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus'' (Simple book on the art of distillation) Desiderius Erasmus – ''Adagia'' (Paris) Johannes Trithemius – '' Steganographia'' (approximate year) Drama * The Wakefield Master – '' Second Shepherds' Play'' (approximate year) Poetry '' Beves of Hamtoun'' (approximate publication date, written c. 1300) Geoffrey Chauce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	December 31 It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Years Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following year. It is also the last day of the fourth and final quarter of the year. Events Pre-1600 * 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul. * 535 – Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year. * 870 – Battle of Englefield: The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire. The invaders are driven back to Reading ( East Anglia); many Danes are killed. 1105 – Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV is forced to abdicate in favor of his son, Henry V, in Ingelheim. 1225 – The Lý dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer (; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for ''The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey. Chaucer also gained fame as a philosopher and astronomer, composing the scientific ''A Treatise on the Astrolabe'' for his 10-year-old son Lewis. He maintained a career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier, diplomat, and member of parliament. Among Chaucer's many other works are ''The Book of the Duchess'', ''The House of Fame'', ''The Legend of Good Women'', and ''Troilus and Criseyde''. He is seen as crucial in legitimising the literary use of Middle English when the dominant literary languages in England were still Anglo-Norman French and Latin. Chaucer's contemporary Thomas Hoccleve hailed him as "the firste fyndere of our ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1532 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1532. Events ''unknown dates'' * William Thynne's edition of ''The Workes of Geffray Chaucer'' is published in England, the first time an English-language writer's texts have been collected together as "Works". First edition of François Villon's ''Œuvres'' with a commentary by Clément Marot is published in France. First complete edition of Ariosto's '' Orlando Furioso'' is published in Italy. ** Yamazaki Sōkan compiles the ''Shinseninutsukubashū'', a significant anthology of Japanese ''renku'' poetry (from which haiku will develop). New books Prose Otto Brunfels – ''Contrafayt Kräuterbuch'' (second and final part: 1537) Sebald Heyden – '' De arte canendi'' (first installment) Niccolò Machiavelli (posthumous) – ''The Prince'' (''Il Principe'') Thomas More – ''The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer'' * François Rabelais (as Alcofribas Nasier) – ''Pantagruel (Les horribles et � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jeanne De La Font Jeanne de la Font (1500–1532) was a poet and patron of the French Renaissance. Life and work Jeanne was the only child of Jean de la Font and Françoise Godard of Bourges. Marguerite de Navarre Marguerite de Navarre (french: Marguerite d'Angoulême, ''Marguerite d'Alençon''; 11 April 149221 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was a princess of France, Duchess of Alençon and Berry, and Queen ... arranged her marriage to her secretary Jacques Thiboust. They lived in the city of Bourges, which had become a cultural centre because of the patronage of Jeanne of France at the start of the century. Marguerite attracted many humanists to the city and both Jeanne de la Font and her husband established friendly ties to them. The couple had five children, of whom Jacqueline, Jeanne and Marie Thiboust survived to adulthood and became known for their learning. Jeanne wrote a French adaption of Giovanni Boccaccio's Teseida, which gained her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1567 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1567. Events October 14 – António Ferreira becomes ''Desembargador da Casa do Civel'' and leaves Coimbra for Lisbon. ''unknown dates'' John Brayne builds the Red Lion theatre just east of the City of London. It is for touring productions and the first known playhouse to be purpose-built in the British Isles since Roman times. However, there is little evidence that the theatre survives beyond this summer's season. The only play known to be presented here is ''The Story of Sampson''. Spanish playwright Lope de Rueda's works are published posthumously by Timoneda, who tones down certain passages. Approximate date – Isabella Whitney becomes the earliest identified woman to publish secular poetry in the English language with ''The Copy of a Letter, Lately Written in Meter by a Young Gentlewoman: to her Unconstant Lover'' (signed "I.W."), ''The Admonition by the Author to all Young Gentlewome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolaus Mameranus Nicolaus Mameranus (6 December 1500 – 1567) was a Luxembourg soldier and historian under Charles V, for whom he travelled widely, recording faithfully the composition of foreign courts and the customs of foreign countries. All his writings are in Latin. Mameranus was born in Mamer, probably as Nik Wagener. He was a Roman Catholic. Mameranus succeeded in having Charles V pay for the restoration of his native Mamer after the Duke of Orléans' troops pillaged it in 1543. In 1555, Charles V appointed him poet laureate and Count Palatine in recognition of his continued support.Mameranus Nicolas - Club Philatelique Mamer. Retrieved 12 November 2006. He probably died in Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	December 6 Events Pre-1600 1060 – Béla I of Hungary, Béla I is crowned king of Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages, Hungary. 1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, Siege of Kiev (1240), falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. 1492 – After exploring the island of Cuba for gold (which he had mistaken for Japan), Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola. 1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar. 1601–1900 1648 – Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge". 1704 – Battle of Chamkaur (1704), Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Khalsa, Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal Empire, Mughal army. 1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the Jacobite risin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1576 In Literature This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1576. Events December – James Burbage opens The Theatre, the second permanent public playhouse in London (and the first to have a substantial life – 22 years), ushering in the great age of Elizabethan drama. ''unknown dates'' The composer Richard Farrant opens the first Blackfriars Theatre in London, presenting plays performed by the Children of the Chapel. The composer Thomas Whythorne writes a ''Booke of songs and sonetts with longe discourses sett with them'', an early example of autobiographical writing in English. New books Prose Jean Bodin – ''Les Six livres de la République (The Six Books of the Republic)'' Ulpian Fulwell – ''Ars adulandi, or, The Art of Flattery'' (dialogues) Étienne de La Boétie (died 1563) – ''Discourse on Voluntary Servitude'' (''Discours de la servitude volontaire'', published as ''Le Contr'un'') George Pettie – ''A Petite Palace of Pettie His Pleasure'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Johann Stumpf (writer) Johann Stumpf (23 April 1500 – c. 1578) was an early writer on the history and topography of Switzerland as well as a theologian and cartographer. Biography He was born at Bruchsal (near Karlsruhe), and was educated there and at Strasbourg and Heidelberg. In 1520 he became a cleric or chaplain in the order of the Knights Hospitaller. He was sent in 1521 to the preceptory of that order at Freiburg im Breisgau, ordained a priest at Basel, and in 1522 was placed in charge of the preceptory at Bubikon (north of Rapperswil (SG), in the canton of Zürich). However, Stumpf went over to the Protestants, was present at the Bern Disputation (1528), and took part in the first Kappel War (1529). In 1529 he married the first of his four wives, a daughter of Heinrich Brennwald, who wrote a work (still in manuscript) on Swiss history, and stimulated his son-in-law to undertake historical studies. Stumpf made wide researches, with this object, for many years, and undertook also several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1565 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1565. Events March 1 – Poet and missionary José de Anchieta co-founds Rio de Janeiro. October – Torquato Tasso enters the service of Cardinal Luigi d'Este at Ferrara. ''unknown dates'' Philip Neri founds the Biblioteca Vallicelliana in Rome. Approximate time of composition of the Bannatyne Manuscript. New books Prose Giovanni Battista Giraldi – ''Hecatommithi'' Pierre Pithou – ' Camillo Porzio – ''La Congiura dei baroni'' * John Stow – ''Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles'' Bernardino Telesio – ''De natura juxta propria principia'' (''On the Nature of Things according to their Own Principles'') Joseph Karo – ''Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law)'' Drama Jean-Antoine de Baïf – ''L'Eunuque'' Picture Richard Breton – '' Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel (The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel)'' Poetry ''See 1565 in poetry'' Births September 28 – Alessandro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alexander Ales Alexander Ales or Alexander Alesius (; 23 April 150017 March 1565) was a Scottish theologian who emigrated to Germany and became a Lutheran supporter of the Augsburg Confession. Life Originally Alexander Alane, he was born at Edinburgh. He studied at St Andrews in the newly founded college of St Leonard's, where he graduated in 1515. Some time afterwards he was appointed a priest at the University's church, where he preached vigorously in favor of scholastic theology, Renaissance humanism, and anti-Protestantism. His views entirely changed, however, upon witnessing the 1528 execution by burning of Rev. Patrick Hamilton, a Lutheran Pastor and former abbot of Fern. Fr. Ales was chosen to meet Hamilton in a theological debate, with a view to convincing him of the errors of Lutheranism, but the theological arguments of the Scottish minister and, above all, his fortitude at the stake impressed Alesius so powerfully that he immediately embraced Lutheran theology. A sermon he prea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. * 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city. 711 – Dagobert III succeeds his father King Childebert III as King of the Franks. 1014 – Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle. * 1016 – Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England. * 1343 – St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia. * 1348 – The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day. 1500 – Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral reaches new coastline (Brazil). 1516 – The Munich ''Reinheitsgebot'' (regarding the ingredients of beer) takes effect in all of Bavaria. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	1500 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1500. Events December 31 – ''Figurae bibliae'' by Antonius Rampegollis is printed in Venice by Georgius Arrivabenus. This is generally accepted as the last of the end of incunables. ''unknown date'' – John Skelton, tutor to Prince Henry (second son of King Henry VII of England, is referred to as "unum Britannicarum literarum lumen ac decus" in ''De Laudibus Britanniae'', a Latin ode by Desiderius Erasmus, . New books Prose '' This is the Boke of Cokery'' (first known printed cookbook in English) Hieronymus Brunschwygk – '' Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus'' (Simple book on the art of distillation) Desiderius Erasmus – ''Adagia'' (Paris) Johannes Trithemius – '' Steganographia'' (approximate year) Drama * The Wakefield Master – '' Second Shepherds' Play'' (approximate year) Poetry '' Beves of Hamtoun'' (approximate publication date, written c. 1300) Geoffrey Chauce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	December 31 It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Years Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following year. It is also the last day of the fourth and final quarter of the year. Events Pre-1600 * 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul. * 535 – Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year. * 870 – Battle of Englefield: The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire. The invaders are driven back to Reading ( East Anglia); many Danes are killed. 1105 – Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV is forced to abdicate in favor of his son, Henry V, in Ingelheim. 1225 – The Lý dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer (; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for ''The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey. Chaucer also gained fame as a philosopher and astronomer, composing the scientific ''A Treatise on the Astrolabe'' for his 10-year-old son Lewis. He maintained a career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier, diplomat, and member of parliament. Among Chaucer's many other works are ''The Book of the Duchess'', ''The House of Fame'', ''The Legend of Good Women'', and ''Troilus and Criseyde''. He is seen as crucial in legitimising the literary use of Middle English when the dominant literary languages in England were still Anglo-Norman French and Latin. Chaucer's contemporary Thomas Hoccleve hailed him as "the firste fyndere of our ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1532 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1532. Events ''unknown dates'' * William Thynne's edition of ''The Workes of Geffray Chaucer'' is published in England, the first time an English-language writer's texts have been collected together as "Works". First edition of François Villon's ''Œuvres'' with a commentary by Clément Marot is published in France. First complete edition of Ariosto's '' Orlando Furioso'' is published in Italy. ** Yamazaki Sōkan compiles the ''Shinseninutsukubashū'', a significant anthology of Japanese ''renku'' poetry (from which haiku will develop). New books Prose Otto Brunfels – ''Contrafayt Kräuterbuch'' (second and final part: 1537) Sebald Heyden – '' De arte canendi'' (first installment) Niccolò Machiavelli (posthumous) – ''The Prince'' (''Il Principe'') Thomas More – ''The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer'' * François Rabelais (as Alcofribas Nasier) – ''Pantagruel (Les horribles et � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jeanne De La Font Jeanne de la Font (1500–1532) was a poet and patron of the French Renaissance. Life and work Jeanne was the only child of Jean de la Font and Françoise Godard of Bourges. Marguerite de Navarre Marguerite de Navarre (french: Marguerite d'Angoulême, ''Marguerite d'Alençon''; 11 April 149221 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was a princess of France, Duchess of Alençon and Berry, and Queen ... arranged her marriage to her secretary Jacques Thiboust. They lived in the city of Bourges, which had become a cultural centre because of the patronage of Jeanne of France at the start of the century. Marguerite attracted many humanists to the city and both Jeanne de la Font and her husband established friendly ties to them. The couple had five children, of whom Jacqueline, Jeanne and Marie Thiboust survived to adulthood and became known for their learning. Jeanne wrote a French adaption of Giovanni Boccaccio's Teseida, which gained her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1567 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1567. Events October 14 – António Ferreira becomes ''Desembargador da Casa do Civel'' and leaves Coimbra for Lisbon. ''unknown dates'' John Brayne builds the Red Lion theatre just east of the City of London. It is for touring productions and the first known playhouse to be purpose-built in the British Isles since Roman times. However, there is little evidence that the theatre survives beyond this summer's season. The only play known to be presented here is ''The Story of Sampson''. Spanish playwright Lope de Rueda's works are published posthumously by Timoneda, who tones down certain passages. Approximate date – Isabella Whitney becomes the earliest identified woman to publish secular poetry in the English language with ''The Copy of a Letter, Lately Written in Meter by a Young Gentlewoman: to her Unconstant Lover'' (signed "I.W."), ''The Admonition by the Author to all Young Gentlewome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolaus Mameranus Nicolaus Mameranus (6 December 1500 – 1567) was a Luxembourg soldier and historian under Charles V, for whom he travelled widely, recording faithfully the composition of foreign courts and the customs of foreign countries. All his writings are in Latin. Mameranus was born in Mamer, probably as Nik Wagener. He was a Roman Catholic. Mameranus succeeded in having Charles V pay for the restoration of his native Mamer after the Duke of Orléans' troops pillaged it in 1543. In 1555, Charles V appointed him poet laureate and Count Palatine in recognition of his continued support.Mameranus Nicolas - Club Philatelique Mamer. Retrieved 12 November 2006. He probably died in Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	December 6 Events Pre-1600 1060 – Béla I of Hungary, Béla I is crowned king of Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages, Hungary. 1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, Siege of Kiev (1240), falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. 1492 – After exploring the island of Cuba for gold (which he had mistaken for Japan), Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola. 1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar. 1601–1900 1648 – Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge". 1704 – Battle of Chamkaur (1704), Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Khalsa, Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal Empire, Mughal army. 1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the Jacobite risin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1576 In Literature This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1576. Events December – James Burbage opens The Theatre, the second permanent public playhouse in London (and the first to have a substantial life – 22 years), ushering in the great age of Elizabethan drama. ''unknown dates'' The composer Richard Farrant opens the first Blackfriars Theatre in London, presenting plays performed by the Children of the Chapel. The composer Thomas Whythorne writes a ''Booke of songs and sonetts with longe discourses sett with them'', an early example of autobiographical writing in English. New books Prose Jean Bodin – ''Les Six livres de la République (The Six Books of the Republic)'' Ulpian Fulwell – ''Ars adulandi, or, The Art of Flattery'' (dialogues) Étienne de La Boétie (died 1563) – ''Discourse on Voluntary Servitude'' (''Discours de la servitude volontaire'', published as ''Le Contr'un'') George Pettie – ''A Petite Palace of Pettie His Pleasure'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Johann Stumpf (writer) Johann Stumpf (23 April 1500 – c. 1578) was an early writer on the history and topography of Switzerland as well as a theologian and cartographer. Biography He was born at Bruchsal (near Karlsruhe), and was educated there and at Strasbourg and Heidelberg. In 1520 he became a cleric or chaplain in the order of the Knights Hospitaller. He was sent in 1521 to the preceptory of that order at Freiburg im Breisgau, ordained a priest at Basel, and in 1522 was placed in charge of the preceptory at Bubikon (north of Rapperswil (SG), in the canton of Zürich). However, Stumpf went over to the Protestants, was present at the Bern Disputation (1528), and took part in the first Kappel War (1529). In 1529 he married the first of his four wives, a daughter of Heinrich Brennwald, who wrote a work (still in manuscript) on Swiss history, and stimulated his son-in-law to undertake historical studies. Stumpf made wide researches, with this object, for many years, and undertook also several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1565 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1565. Events March 1 – Poet and missionary José de Anchieta co-founds Rio de Janeiro. October – Torquato Tasso enters the service of Cardinal Luigi d'Este at Ferrara. ''unknown dates'' Philip Neri founds the Biblioteca Vallicelliana in Rome. Approximate time of composition of the Bannatyne Manuscript. New books Prose Giovanni Battista Giraldi – ''Hecatommithi'' Pierre Pithou – ' Camillo Porzio – ''La Congiura dei baroni'' * John Stow – ''Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles'' Bernardino Telesio – ''De natura juxta propria principia'' (''On the Nature of Things according to their Own Principles'') Joseph Karo – ''Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law)'' Drama Jean-Antoine de Baïf – ''L'Eunuque'' Picture Richard Breton – '' Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel (The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel)'' Poetry ''See 1565 in poetry'' Births September 28 – Alessandro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alexander Ales Alexander Ales or Alexander Alesius (; 23 April 150017 March 1565) was a Scottish theologian who emigrated to Germany and became a Lutheran supporter of the Augsburg Confession. Life Originally Alexander Alane, he was born at Edinburgh. He studied at St Andrews in the newly founded college of St Leonard's, where he graduated in 1515. Some time afterwards he was appointed a priest at the University's church, where he preached vigorously in favor of scholastic theology, Renaissance humanism, and anti-Protestantism. His views entirely changed, however, upon witnessing the 1528 execution by burning of Rev. Patrick Hamilton, a Lutheran Pastor and former abbot of Fern. Fr. Ales was chosen to meet Hamilton in a theological debate, with a view to convincing him of the errors of Lutheranism, but the theological arguments of the Scottish minister and, above all, his fortitude at the stake impressed Alesius so powerfully that he immediately embraced Lutheran theology. A sermon he prea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. * 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city. 711 – Dagobert III succeeds his father King Childebert III as King of the Franks. 1014 – Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle. * 1016 – Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England. * 1343 – St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia. * 1348 – The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day. 1500 – Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral reaches new coastline (Brazil). 1516 – The Munich ''Reinheitsgebot'' (regarding the ingredients of beer) takes effect in all of Bavaria. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]