HISTORICAL SYNOPSIS
Ø Birth †Death h hacia – Connection with the previous year
| CATHOLIC KINGS | CHURCH EVENTS | CULTURAL EVENTS | |
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| 1400 | Ø Fra Angélico Ø San Diego de Alcalá |
Ø h Johann Gutenberg Codex Granatensis |
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| 1405 | Ø Juan II de Castilla, Isabella’s father |
Ø h Rogier Van der Weyden |
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| 1414 | – 1418 Concilio de Constanza |
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| 1419 | † San Vicente Ferrer |
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| 1424 | Ø Santa Beatriz de Silva |
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| 1425 | Ø Juana Enríquez, Ferdinand’s mother |
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| 1430 | Ø Cardenal Cisneros |
Ø Bartolomé Bermejo |
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| 1434 | Jan Van Eyck he perfected the technique of oil painting |
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| 1441 | † Blanca de Navarra |
Ø Ælio Antonio de Nebrija |
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| 1444 | Second marriage of John II of Trastamara with Joanna Enríquez, Ferdinand’s parents. | † San Bernardino de Siena, Ø Juan Capréolo |
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| 1447 | Second marriage of John II of Castille with Isabella of Portugal, Isabella’s parents | † Eugenio IV. Nicolás V |
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| CATHOLIC KINGS | CHURCH EVENTS | CULTURAL EVENTS | |
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| 1450 | Nicholas V opens the Jubilee Year in the Basilica of San Juan de Letrán | h Song book by Lope de Stúñiga | |
| 1451 | Ø Isabella | Foundationa of the Vatican Library | Ø Cristóbal Colón Ø Juan de la Cosa Ø Hernán Pérez del Pulgar |
| 1452 | Ø Ferdinand | Cum nulla Bull | Ø Leonardo de Vinci Ø Savonarola |
| 1453 | Ø Infante Alphonse |
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| 1454 | † John II of Castile | Construction of the San Pedro Basilica. | – 1445 Gutenberg Bible’s printing |
| 1455 | † Nicholas V. Calixto III. Canonization of St. Vicente Ferrer |
† Juan de Mena † Fra Angélico |
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| 1456 | † San Juan de Capistrano Rehabilitation of Joan of Arc |
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| 1457 | † Lorenzo Valla |
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| 1458 | † Calixto III. Pius II |
† Marqués de Santillana |
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| 1459 | † St. Anthony of Florence | † Ausiàs March |
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| CATHOLIC KINGS | CHURCH EVENTS | CULTURAL EVENTS | |
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| 1460 | Ø Fray Pedro de Córdoba First inquisitor of the New world |
Ø h León Hebreo |
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| 1461 | Canonization of St. Catherine of Sienna | ||
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| 1463 | † St. Diego of Alcalá | Ø Pico della Mirandola |
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| 1464 | † Pius II. Paulo II † Nicolás de Cusa |
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| 1465 | Farce of Ávila | Ø Jan Provost Ø h Gil Vicente |
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| 1466 | |
Ø Nicolás Maquiavelo |
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| 1467 |
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| 1468 | † Prince Alphonse † Joanna Enríquez |
Ø Juan del Encina † Gutenberg |
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| 1469 | Ferdinand and Isabella’s marriage |
† Ramón Sibiuda |
Ø Erasmo de Rotterdam |
| CATHOLIC KINGS | CHURCH EVENTS | CULTURAL EVENTS | |
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| 1470 | Ø Infanta Isabel |
† Archpriest of Talavera † Pious Tomás de Kempis |
Ø Felipe Bigarny Ø Hernando de Magallanes |
| 1471 |
† Paulo II. Sixtus IV |
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| 1472 | Foundation of the monastery of San Francisco el Real (Cáceres) | Print edition osf Dante’s Divine Comedy | |
| 1473 | Henry IV and Isabella reconciliation |
Ø h San Juan Diego |
Ø Copérnicus Ø h Fernando de Rojas |
| 1474 | † Henry IV. Isabella, queen of Castile and León |
Ø Bartolomé de las Casas |
Ø Michelangelo -1516 Palace’s song book |
| 1475 | The Concord of Segovia | Construction of the Sistine Chapel | Ø Vasco Núñez de Balboa † Dieric Bouts |
| 1476 | The Battle of Toro | Sixtus IV establishes the festivity of St. Joseph for the Roman diocese | Ø Fernando de Rojas Ø Jacobo Florentino |
| 1477 | First queen’s providence in favour of printing | Ø St. Thomas More | |
| 1478 | Ø Philip I Ø John, Prince of Asturias |
Exigit sinceras bull: Inquisition of Castile |
Ø Baltasar de Castiglione Ø Francisco Pizarro |
| 1479 | Ø Joanna I †John II of Aragón |
† Jorge Manrique |
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| CATHOLIC KINGS | CHURCH EVENTS | CULTURAL EVENTS | |
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| 1480 | Assembly of Toledo: Reign’s regulation | Ø St. Thomas More | Ø h Fernando de Magallanes |
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| 1482 | Ø Infanta Mary |
Canonization of St. Bonaventure | Theologia platonica de inmortalitate animarum by Marsilio Ficino |
| 1483 | Ø Martin Luther | ||
| 1484 | Foundation of Colegio Mayor de Santa Cruz -1496 Conquest of the Canary Islands |
† Sixtus IV. Inocent VIII |
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| 1485 | Ø Francisco de Vitoria |
Ø Hernán Cortés |
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| 1486 | Columbus’ first audience | † ? Fernando de Córdoba y Válor (Aben Humeya) |
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| 1487 | Ø h Tiziano Ø h Hernán López de Yanguas |
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| 1488 | Ø Alonso de Berruguete |
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| 1489 | Pontifical approval of the Concepcionist Order |
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| CATHOLIC KINGS | CHURCH EVENTS | CULTURAL EVENTS | |
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| 1490 | La Colombina’s song book Ø h Cristóbal de Castillejo |
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| 1491 |
Ø St. Ignatius ofLoyola |
Ø Antonio Pigafetta |
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| 1492 | Taking of Granada Discovery of América |
† Innocent VIII. Alexander VI Ø Martín de Azpilicueta |
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| 1493 | Recovery of the Rosellón |
Inter cætera Bula Sovereignity over New Lands |
Columbus’ second trip Ø Paracelso † Alonso Pinzón † Hernando del Pulgar |
| 1494 | † Isabella of Portugal The Treaty of Tordesillas |
Fray Hernando de Talavera Archbishop of Granada |
Ø Hernán Pérez de Oliva Ø h Bernal Díaz del Castillo |
| 1495 | Ø Domingo de Soto |
† Hans Memling |
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| 1496 | Philip I and Joanna I’s marriage | Ø St. John of God | Ø Diego de Siloé |
| 1497 | † John, Prince of Asturias -1510 North campaigns |
Si convenit Bull: Isabella and Ferdinand were awarded the title“Catholic Kings” | Song book by Juan del Encina |
| 1498 | Columbus’ third trip † Savonarola |
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| 1499 | Ø St. Peter of Alcántara | La Celestina † Marsilio Ficino |
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| CATHOLIC KINGS | CHURCH EVENTS | CULTURAL EVENTS | |
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| 1500 | Ø Charles I † Prince Michael, in Granada |
Ø St. John of Ávila | Pinzón crosses the equinoctial Carta de Marear by Juan de la Cosa |
| 1501 | h Letter by Hernando de Talavera «for the neighbours from the Albayçin» | Ø Garcilaso de la Vega |
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| 1502 | Columbus fourth trip | ||
| 1503 | † Alexander VI. Pius II. Julius II | Ø Diego Hurtado de Mendoza |
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| 1504 |
Carta de erección of the Royal Chapel |
Ø Fray Luis de Granada |
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| 1505 | Second marriage of Ferdinand with Germana de Foix |
Creation of the Real Chancillería de Granada | |
| 1506 | The plan of the Royal Chapel was commisioned to Egas | Ø St. Francis Xavier | † Christopher Columbus |
| 1507 | Joanna I confirms the Privileges of the Royal Chapel |
† St. Francis of Paula |
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| 1508 | † Philip I | Foundation of the University of Alcalá de Henares | Amadís de Gaula ¿by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo? |
| 1509 | Conquest of Oran | Ø Melchor Cano |
Ø Calvino Ø Francisco Torres |
| CATHOLIC KINGS | CHURCH EVENTS | CULTURAL EVENTS | |
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| 1510 | Egas and García de Pradas arrive in Granada | Ø St. Francis of Borja | † Juan de la Cosa † Sandro Boticelli |
| 1511 | King Ferdinand states new aspects of the Foundation | Jacobo de Vorágine Flos Sanctorum |
The praise of folly by Erasmus of Rotterdam |
| 1512 | Royal Warrant by Ferdinand with his third statements on the foundation of the Royal Chapel | -1517 Fifth Lateran Council | |
| 1513 | † Julius II. Leon X | Discovery of the Pacific Ocean Vasco Núñez de Balboa) |
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| 1514 | Royal Warrant by Ferdinand with his last statements on the foundation of the Royal Chapel | -1517 Polyglot Bible from Alcalá de Henares | Lorenzo Galíndez de Carvajal First “Correo Mayor de Indias” |
| 1515 | Arrival of Philip I’s mortal remains | Ø St. Therese of Child Jesus | † Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba |
| 1516 | † Ferdinand Charles I, King of Spain |
The education of a Christian prince by Erasmus of Rotterdam |
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| 1517 | Execution of the Royal Chapel’s doorway | † Cardenal Cisneros |
The 94 thesis by Martín Luther |
| 1518 | The Catholic kings’ mausoleum is installed | Colloquies by Erasmo de Rotterdam |
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| 1519 | Charles V, Emperor of Germany The main grille of the Chapel is installed | Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico † Leonardo da Vinci |
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| CATHOLIC KINGS/CHARLES I | CHURCH EVENTS | CULTURAL EVENTS | |
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| 1520 | Charles I orders to transfer grandparents’ remains |
Exsurge Bull Damnation of Luther’s errors | Discovery of Tierra del Fuego |
| 1521 | The remains of the Catholic Kings are brought to the Royal Chapel Defeat of the Castile rebels | † Leon X. Adrián VI | † Fernando de Magallanes |
| 1522 | Charles I’s first will | Ø St. Catalina of Ricci |
Antonio Pigafetta Diario de a bordo |
| 1523 | Plateresque grille by Maestre Bartolomé for one of the side chapels | † Adrian VI. Clement VII |
Pedro de Alvarado arrives in Guatemala |
| 1524 | Finishing of the mausoleum of Philip and Joanna | Ø Juan de Mal Lara |
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| 1525 | The battle of Pavía | Ø h G. Pierluigi de Palestrina |
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| 1526 | Charles I and Isabella of Portugal’s marriage The Concord of Madrid |
h Commentariolus by Copernicus |
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| 1527 | Ø Philip II Royal Chapel’s new doorway to the Oficios street |
-1532 Building of the University of Granada Ø Fray Luis de León |
Erasmo Enchiridion or Manual del Caballero Cristiano doorway |
| 1528 | Charles I states the constitutions of the Royal Chapel | Ø Francisco Guerrero |
Francisco Delgado Retrato de la loçana andaluza |
| 1529 |
Paz de Cambrai |
Fray Antonio de Guevara Relox de Príncipes |
Ø Fernando de Herrera |
