the renaissance

florence conquers pisa

May 14, 1406

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Pisa
The Universities of Paris, Oxford, and Cologne, many prelates, and the most distinguished doctors, like d'Ailly and Gerson, openly approved the action of the revolted cardinals.

council of pisa

May 14, 1409

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Pisa
The cardinals of the reigning pontiffs being greatly dissatisfied, both with the pusillanimity and nepotism of Gregory XII and the obstinacy and bad will of Benedict XIII, resolved to make use of a more efficacious means, namely a general council.

council of constance

May 14, 1414

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Constance
The council was called by the German King Sigismund (later Holy Roman Emperor), a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, the pope recently elected at Pisa.

lorenzo de medici

May 14, 1449

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_de%27_Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici (1 January 1449 – 9 April 1492) was an Italian statesman and de facto[1] ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance. Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo il Magnifico) by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets.

leonardo de vinci

May 12, 1452

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
leoanardo de vince</a>Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( pronunciation (help·info), April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath, being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer.

fall of constantinople

May 14, 1453

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople
The Fall of Constantinople was a siege in which the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Mehmed II.

war of the roses

May 14, 1455

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses
The Wars of the Roses were a series of bloody dynastic civil wars between supporters of the rival houses of Lancaster and York, for the throne of England.

spanish inquisitoun introduced

May 14, 1480

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition
The Inquisition, as an ecclesiastical tribunal, had jurisdiction only over baptized Christians, some of who also practised other forms of faith and at the time were considered heretics according to the Catholic Church and recently formed kingdoms at the time.

inquisitors sent to germany

May 14, 1484

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Inquisition
Lieutenant Karin Koenig of the German army is sent along with a person who claims to be an Inquisitor from the Vatican.

granada war

May 15, 1492

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada_War
The Granada War (Spanish: Guerra de Granada) was a series of military campaigns between 1482 and 1492 during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella by Castile and Aragon against the Nasrid dynasty's Emirate of Granada.

italian wars

May 18, 1492

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Wars
The Italian Wars, often referred to as the Great Italian Wars or the Great Wars of Italy in historical works, were a series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 that involved, at various times, most of the city-states of Italy, the Papal States, most of the major states of Western Europe (France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, England, and Scotland) as well as the Ottoman Empire.

spain conquers naples

May 15, 1502

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Naples
Following the rebellion, King Charles I of Sicily (Charles of Anjou) was forced to leave the island of Sicily by Peter III of Aragon's troops.