From Alternative History
[edit] 1492-1520
- 1492
- Rodrigo Borja is elected Pope, adopting the name of Alexander VI.
- Cristopher Columbus is rejected in the court of Castile with his idea to reach the Indies by sailing west.
- 1495
- King John II of Portugal dies. His cousin Manuel I is crowned as king of Portugal.
- 1497
- Italian explorer John Cabot lead an English expedition to Asia and disembarked in the land currently known as Cabotia, and claimed it to England.
- 1500
- Pedro Álvares Cabral led an expedition which disembarked on Brasil, claiming the land for Portugal.
- 1501
- Arthur Tudor, prince of Wales, and Catherine of Aragon get married.
- 1503
- Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini is elected Pope, adopting the name of Pius III.
- 1504
- Queen Isabella I of Castile dies. Her daughter Joanna I is crowned as queen of Castile.
- 1506
- Joanna I of Castile's husband Phillip, is crowned as king of Castile.
- Phillip I of Castile dies. His father-in-law, Ferdinand II of Aragon, assumes as regent of Castile. Phillip's son Charles of Ghent, inherits the Low Countries and Franche-Comté.
- 1507
- Giuliano della Rovere is elected Pope, adopting the name of Julius II.
- 1509
- King Henry VII of England dies. His son Arthur Tudor, is crowned as king of England as Arthur I of England.
- 1513
- Somebody different than Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici is elected Pope, adopting the name of Julius III.
- 1514
- Ferdinand Magellan, discovered the strait that bears his name and explored the Pacific coast of Brasil and southern Cabotia.
- 1515
- Charles of Ghent, is declared of age and assumes power in the Low Countries.
- Magellan discovers the Manuelinhas, so called after king Emanuel I of Portugal.
- 1516
- Ferdinand II of Aragon dies. His daughter Joanna is proclamed Queen of Castile and Aragon. Joanna's son Charles, is crownd in Flandes as king of Castile and Aragon. Charles becomes also king of Navarre, Naples, Sicily, and Sardinia.
- 1517
- Martin Luther publishes his 90 Theses, motivated by the corruption of the church. After a great deal of controvercy, Rome begins adopting these theses.
- 1519
- Holly Roman Emperor Maximilian I dies, his grand son, Charles (king of Aragon, Naples and Castile), is crowned as King of Germany, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, and Count of the Tyrol.
- 1520
- The war of Communities starts in Castile against king Charles and his pretentions to nominate Flemish people in the Castilian courts.
[edit] 1521-1550
Europeans begin dealing with some advanced cultures in Cabotia and Brasil, like the Tawantinsuyo and the Meshicas, while less advanced cultures begin dissapearing under European colonization.
- 1521
- Belgrade falls to the Ottomans, lead by Suleiman I.
- King Manuel I of Portugal dies. His son John III is crowned as king of Portugal.
- 1522
- Charles I of Castile wins the War of the Communities in Castile. He punish the Castilians by including even more Flemish in the Castilian administration.
- 1523
- Charles I of Aragon, make efforts to unite the Crown of Aragon as one kingdom, including the Kingdom of Aragon, Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencia, Sicily, Naples and Sardinia. The Capital is set at Valencia.
- 1524
- Emperor Suleiman I of the Ottomans, and King Louis II of Hungary, sign the Treaty of Budapest, granting the Turks control on the whole Balkans.
- 1525
- Magellan discovers the New World Isthmus, founding the Portuguese colony of Istmo.
- 1532
- François, Dauphin of France, marries Mary Tudor, heir of the English Crown.
- 1536
- John Chauvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion is published in Latin.
- 1537
- François, Dauphin of France, dies.
[edit] 1551-1580
- 1555
- Charles I of Aragon abdicates the Crown of Aragon to his son Phillip.
- 1556
- Charles V abdicates his Austrian postions and as Holy Roman Emperor to his brother Ferdinand. He also abdicates as king of Castile to his bastard son John, with Philip as regent till John comes to age.
- 1557
- King John III of Portugal dies. He is succeded by his two years old grandson Sebastian (regented by his Aragonese grand mother Catherine of Habsburg).
- King Arthur I of England dies. He is succeded by his daughter Mary Tudor as Mary I of England
- 1558
- Pope Paul IV condems the Reformist and Purist movemenet of the Church.
- 1559
- Pope Adrian VII revokes the ban on the Reformist and Purist movements. Many Purist bishops do not recognize the authority of Rome, though.
- 1562
- King John III of Castile is declared of age and assumes as John III of Castile, and John I of the Low Countries.
- 1566
- John III of Castile and I of the Low Countries, married Mary I of Scots.
- 1578
- King Sebastian of Portugal dies. His uncle Cardinal Henry, is crowned as king Henry I of Portugal.
- 1580
- Cardinal King Henry I of Portugal dies. The crown is disputed between Antony, grandson of Manuel I, Catherine of Braganza, and Philip I of Aragon. Catherine of Braganza was crowned as Queen Catherine I of Portugal.
[edit] 1581-1610
[edit] 1611-1640
[edit] 1641-1670
- 1662
- King John IV of Castile and II of the Low Countries converts to Puritanism. He abdicates the Castilian crown to his brother Charles.
[edit] 1671-1700
[edit] 1701-1730
- 1703
- The Parliaments of Scotland and the Low Countries issue an Act of Union.
[edit] 1731-1760
- 1743
- Martin Luther is cannonized. St Martin Luther, Doctor and Reformer of the Church.
[edit] 1761-1790
[edit] 1791-1820
- 1784
- New England declares independence from England.
- 1798
- Egypt falls under Aragonese control.
- 1812
- Robertia declares independence from England.
[edit] 1821-1850
- 1823
- New Sweden declares independence from Robertia.
- 1846
- Netongo declares independence from Robertia.
[edit] 1851-1880
- 1864
- United Kingdom Succession War starts: After the death without heir of King William of Scotland and the Low Countries, a succession war started between the English and Prussian pretenders.
- 1866
- United Kingdom Succession War ends: the Union is preserved and the Prussian pretender recognized.
- 1868
- Guyana declares Independence from Scotland and Low Countries.
- 1870
- England grants independence to Newfoundland.
- 1875
- Patagonia declares Independence from Scotland and Low Countries.
- 1876
- Borinken declares Independence from Scotland and Low Countries.
- England grants independence to Hudson.
[edit] 1881-1910
- 1884
- England establihes the Dominion of St Lawrence.
- 1897
- England grants independence to Cooba.
- 1903
- King Alfonso XIII was deposed by a military coup, and a junta asumed the government in Castile.
[edit] 1911-1940
- 1912
- Chamaïca declares independence from France.
- 1915
- England grants independence to New South Wales.
- 1917
- Turkey invade Aragonese controlled Egypt and annexes the territory.
[edit] 1941-1970
[edit] 1971-2000
- 1975
- Portugal grants independence to Istmo.
- 1980
- Castile is transformed in a parliamentarist republic with a functional democracy.
