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Events
February -
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
attacks
Venice
June 6
-
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
is defeated in Friulia by
Venetian
forces; he is forced to sign a three year truce and cede several territories to
Venice
December 10
-
League of Cambrai
formed as an alliance against
Venice
between
Pope Julius II
,
Louis XII of France
,
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
and
Ferdinand II of Aragon
.
December -
Michelangelo Buonarroti
begins work on the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel
Lebna Dengel succeeds his father Na'od as Emperor of
Ethiopia
. Due to his young age, his grandmother Eleni acts as regent.
Births
Primoz Trubar
, the author of the first printed book in
Slovenian
Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva
Jean Daurat
November 30
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Andrea Palladio
Deaths
May 27
-
Ludovico Sforza
, former
Duke
of
Milan
.
Isaac Abrabanel
(also called
Isaac Abravanel
,
Isaac Abarbanel
),
Jewish
statesman,
philosopher
and
theologian
Na'od , Emperor of Ethiopia (killed in battle)
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