Spagna, Lo

Spagna, Lo, c.1450-c.1528, Italian painter, b. Spain, whence his nickname. His real name was Giovanni di Pietro. His art belongs to the Umbrian school and reveals his indebtedness to Perugino and Pinturicchio and to Raphael in the Umbrian period. His works include frescoes and altarpieces in Assisi, Virgin and Child (Louvre), and Madonna and Saints and Epiphany (both: Vatican).

Year 1529 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1529

January - June

• March 7/9 - Battle of Shimbra Kure: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi, with 200 men armed with matchlocks, defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia.
• April 19 - At the Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant movement.
• April 22 - The Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
• May 10 - The Turkish army under Suleiman I leaves Constantinople to once again invade Hungary.

July - December

• August 5 - Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France sign the Treaty of Cambrai, or the "Ladies' Peace". Francis abandons his claims in Italy, but is allowed to retain Burgundy.
• September 8
• Buda is recaptured by the invading Turkish forces.
• The city of Maracaibo, Venezuela is founded by Ambrosius Ehinger.
• September 23 - Vienna is besieged by the Turkish forces of Suleiman.
• October 15 - With the season growing late, Suleiman abandons the siege.

Undated

• Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, fails to bring about the divorce and annulment Henry VIII had sought and is forced to resign.
• Aylesbury is granted the county town of Buckinghamshire in England by King Henry VIII.
• Stephen Báthory becomes governor of Transylvania.

• Boromrajathira IV succeeds Rama Thibodi II as king of Ayutthaya.
• Fluorine is first described by Georg Agricola.
• Giorgio Vasari visits Rome.
• Pietro Bembo becomes historiographer of Venice.
• Heinrich Bullinger becomes pastor of Bremgarten.

Births

• April 3 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and historian (d. 1581)
• April 25 - Francesco Patrizi, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1597)
• June 7 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and writer (d. 1615)
• June 14 - Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (d. 1595)
• date unknown
• Titu Cusi, Inca ruler of Vilcabamba (d. 1571)
• Giambologna, Italian sculptor (d. 1608)
• Henry Sidney, lord deputy of Ireland (d. 1586)
• Michał Wiśniowiecki, prince at Wiśniowiec (d. 1584)
• Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter (d. 1566)

See also :Category: 1529 births.

Deaths

• January 7 - Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (b. 1455)
• February 2 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (b. 1478)
• February 4 - Ludwig Haetzer, German Protestant reformer (executed) (b. 1500)
• April 20 - Silvio Passerini, cardinal and lord of Florence (b. 1469)
• June 21 - John Skelton, English poet (b. c. 1460)
• September 6 - George Blaurock, Swiss founder of the Anabaptist Church (b. 1491)
• November 20 - Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio (b. c. 1490)
• date unknown
• Krishnadevaraya, Vijaynagar emperor
• Andrea Sansovino, Italian sculptor (b. 1467)
• Petrus Särkilahti, Finnish Lutheran and scientist
• Wang Yangming, Chinese official (b. 1472)
• probable
• Lo Spagna, Italian painter
• possible
• La Malinche, interpreter and translator for Hernán Cortés during the Conquest of Mexicon

See also :Category: 1529 deaths.