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World History Timeline - 1500
Black slaves first arrive in the New World when Spanish settlers bring them to Hispaniola.
In 1502, Christopher Columbus begins his fourth and final voyage across the Atlantic and discovers Honduras and Costa Rica. He is the first European to witness the use of rubber.
Florentine Renaissance artist Michelangelo sculpts the Pieta and Bacchus, and begins working on the legendary David.
Ferdinand of Aragon and King Louis XII of France conquer Naples, but France cedes its claim in the Treaty of Lyons after their alliance is broken, and Ferdinand defeats French forces.
The Canterbury Cathedral in England is completed after 436 years of work.
Twenty-two-year-old Montezuma II becomes ruler of the Aztec Empire.
Movable type is used in Venice to print music, making such material easy to distribute widely.
France and Germany make peace by signing the Treaty of Blois, and Louis XII vows to help the German King, Maximilian I, assume the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire.
Isabella of Castile dies after ruling for 30 years, during which time she led the Inquisition's persecutions of non-Christians and financed Columbus's exploration of the New World.
Italian scientist and artist Leonardo da Vinci paints Leda and the Swan and begins the mural The Battle of Anghiari.
Philip I of Castile dies, leaving his wife Juana insane and her father Ferdinand II as regent.
Italian explorer Christopher Columbus dies at the age of 55.
Pragmatist Niccolò Machiavelli, the vice chancellor of Florence, creates the first Italian national army.
Pope Julius II raises funds to renovate St. Peter's in Rome by proclaiming an indulgence.
In Poland, the national diet is made the supreme legislative body, giving the Senate equal power with the monarchy.
The Portuguese discover Sri Lanka.
Humanist Desiderius Erasmus, a professor at Cambridge University, writes In Praise of Folly, which satirizes the corruption and arrogance of the clergy and theologians of his day.
German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller names America after Amerigo Vespucci, whom he credits with its discovery.
Henry VIII assumes the English throne at the age of 17 when Henry VII dies.
Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa and designs the horizontal water wheel, which leads to the development of the water turbine.
Ivan I, the grand duke of Muscovy, dies and is succeeded by his son.
European exploration grows, as the Portuguese settle in Mozambique and Brazil, and the Spanish venture into North Africa and Colombia.
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