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1496| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1496 | England [thought and scholarship] | The English humanist John Colet delivers a series of lectures at Oxford University on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans. Opposed to scholastic readings of the gospels, Colet introduces an interpretation strongly influenced by European humanism. | | 6 October 1496 | Naples, Aragon, Italy [administration] | The decrepit Frederick III (Federigo) succeeds his nephew Ferdinand II (Ferrante) as king of Naples (–1501). | | 21 October 1496 | Holy Roman Empire, Spain, France [political events] | Philip (‘the Handsome’), Duke of Burgundy and son of Maximilian I the Holy Roman Emperor, marries the Infanta Joanna (‘the Mad’), daughter of King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella I, an event of great importance as it leads to the union of their families' realms. | | December 1496 - October 1497 | Portugal, Spain [political events] | Owing to the ‘purification’ condition of his marriage to the Infanta Isabella of Spain, King Manuel I of Portugal issues an edict ordering all Jews to convert to Christianity or leave Portugal within ten months. |
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