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3 giorni fa · Erasmus's best-known work is The Praise of Folly, written in 1509, published in 1511 under the double title Moriae encomium (Greek, Latinised) and Laus stultitiae (Latin). It is inspired by De triumpho stultitiae written by Italian humanist Faustino Perisauli.
- Counsellor to Charles V. (hon.)
1 giorno fa · Apparizioni e altre manifestazioni mariane. Statua che rappresenta la Madonna di Fátima ( Portogallo ), una delle apparizioni mariane più famose. Le apparizioni mariane sono presunte manifestazioni della Vergine Maria, madre di Gesù; sarebbero testimoniate da una o più persone, singolarmente o ripetutamente, in luoghi e tempi differenti.
5 giorni fa · In 1511 the Spanish caravel Santa María de la Barca sailed along the Central American coast under the command of Pedro de Valdivia. The ship foundered upon a reef somewhere off Jamaica. There were just twenty survivors from the wreck, including Captain Valdivia, Gerónimo de Aguilar and Gonzalo Guerrero.
2 giorni fa · In 1511, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar set out from Hispaniola to form the first Spanish settlement in Cuba, with orders from Spain to conquer the island. The settlement was at Baracoa, but the new settlers were greeted with stiff resistance from the local Taíno population.
2 giorni fa · Nicolaus Copernicus [b] (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.
2 giorni fa · [Note of letters received 19 Aug. 1511.] From Andrea Badoer, London, 26 July.—The King has told him he will shortly hear good news from Rome which the Signory will know already. The King has sent 1,000 archers and other troops to help Madame Margaret against Gueldres aided by France.
1 giorno fa · The Republic of Venice ( Italian: Repubblica di Venezia; Venetian: Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic, [a] traditionally known as La Serenissima, [b] was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.
