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1507| 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. | | 1507 | France [churches and temples] | The west front of Troyes Cathedral, France, is completed. Designed by the French architect Chambiges, it is an example of the French late Gothic style ‘flamboyant’. | | 1507 | Germany [exploration] | German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller publishes his Cosmographia Introductio/Introduction to Cosmography, naming the new world ‘America’ after Amerigo Vespucci, the Florentine navigator who first argued the new lands were not part of the Indies. | | 4 April 1507 | Holy Roman Empire, Spanish Netherlands [political events] | The States-General (parliament) of the Netherlands appoints a regency council for the minority of Archduke Charles (the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles V). It is effectively headed by his aunt Margaret of Austria. |
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