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1514| 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. | | 1514 | Germany [art] | The German artist Albrecht Dürer engraves Saint Jerome in his Study and Melancholia. He also draws Portrait of the Artist's Mother and paints his Self-Portrait (the Madrid self-portrait). | | 1514 | Scotland [births and deaths] | John Knox, Scottish religious reformer, leader of the Scottish Reformation, born near Haddington, Lothian, Scotland (–1572). | | c. 1514 | Italy [painting] | The Italian artist Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) paints Sacred and Profane Love. | | 11 April 1514 | Rome [births and deaths] | Donato Bramante, Italian chief architect of St Peter's in Rome, who introduced the High Renaissance style, dies in Rome, Italy (c. 70). | | May - October 1514 | Hungary [political events] | 100,000 Hungarian peasants, gathered for a crusade, which is then cancelled by a fearful church, turn their assembly against increasing noble oppression when it is cancelled by a fearful church, and revolt under George Dózsa, the peasant leader, capturing many castles, and massacring their landlords. | | 10 August 1514 | England, France [political events] | King Henry VIII of England and King Louis XII of France proclaim a peace between their two countries. | | 7 September 1514 | Persia, Ottoman Empire, Azerbaijan, Safavid Empire [wars] | The Ottoman sultan Selim I takes and enters Tabriz in Azerbaijan, the erstwhile capital of the Safavid Persian shah Ismail I. |
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