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1517| 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. | | c. 1517 | Italy, Rome [painting] | The Italian artist Raphael (Sanzio) paints Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi. | | 1517–1518 | Sweden, Denmark-Norway [political events] | The pro-Danish archbishop Gustav Trolle becomes head of the Swedish Riksråd and seeks to depose the regent, Sten Sture the Younger, in a civil war; the estates at Stockholm depose Trolle, who is subsequently imprisoned. After a papal interdict and two invasions have proved unsuccessful, King Christian II of Denmark-Norway and Sweden seek a new truce. | | 23 January - 30 January 1517 | Ottoman Empire, Egypt [wars] | The Ottomans take the Egyptian city of Cairo from its Mameluke rulers after bitter battles culminating in four days of vicious street fighting. After a last stand in the citadel, the Mameluke sultan escapes to continue resistance to the south, but is later captured and executed (13 April). | | 8 September 1517 - 15 February 1518 | China, Ming Empire [political events] | The Chinese Ming dynasty emperor Zhengde leaves Beijing secretly to witness a military campaign on the frontier; this exceptional innovatory act is repeated, in spite of attempts by officials to confine him, until his death in 1521. | | November 1517 | Germany [Catholicism] | The German religious leader Martin Luther nails his ‘95 Theses’ to the door of his church in Wittenberg, Germany. A challenge to debate, these theses contain a strong denunciation of the practice of selling indulgences (forgiveness for sins), which was being strongly promoted by the Dominican friar Johann Tetzel, who had just arrived in Germany. |
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