1517 Disestablishments In Europe
Year 1517 (Roman numerals, MDXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 22 – Battle of Ridaniya: The Holy Ottoman Empire, Ottoman army of the sultan Selim I defeat the Mamluk army in Egypt, under Tuman bay II. * February 3 – Cairo is captured by the Ottoman Empire, and the Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo), Mamluk Sultanate falls. * March 16 – The Fifth Council of the Lateran ends. * May 1 – Evil May Day: Xenophobic riots break out in London. July–December * August 15 – Kingdom of Portugal, Portuguese merchant Fernão Pires de Andrade meets Ming Dynasty Chinese officials through an interpreter, at the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary and lands, at what is now in the jurisdiction of Hong Kong. Although the first European trade expeditions to China took place in 1513 and 1516 by Jorge Álvares and Rafael Perestrello, respectively, Andrad ...
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A ''Lutherstadt'' (German language, German for "Luther city", plural ''Lutherstädte'') is a city where German protestant reformer Martin Luther visited or played an important role. Two cities, Eisleben, Lutherstadt Eisleben and Wittenberg, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, have "Lutherstadt" in their official names, while Mansfeld-Lutherstadt is the unofficial name of a district in Mansfeld. These three places which were important in Luther's life were awarded the "European Heritage Label". Union of Lutherstädte The Union of Lutherstädte was founded in 1993 on the 125th anniversary of the Luther Monument (Worms), Luther Monument in Worms, Germany, Worms, Germany. It is formed by 16 towns where Luther and his teaching played a major role.: * Augsburg: Luther met papal legate Thomas Cajetan in 1518. Two sessions of the Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire), Imperial Diet for the Augsburg Confession took place in 1530. The peace of Augsburg was concluded there in 1555. * Coburg : Luther remain ...
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