Date unknown Montenegro gains autonomy under Ottoman power. Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Montejo attempts an invasion of the Yucatán, but is driven out by the Maya peoples. Spain takes direct control of Acapulco. Bubonic plague breaks out in England. St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle is completed. Chateau Fontainebleau in France is begun. Michelangelo Buonarroti begins work on the fortifications of Florence. Baldassare Castiglione publishes The Book of the Courtier. In Henan province, China, during the mid Ming dynasty, a vast drought deprives the region of harvests for the next two years, killing off half the people in some communities, due to starvation and cannibalism.Reported by local gazetteers. Perak Sultanate and Johor Sultanate were established, both states being ruled by the sons of Mahmud Shah of Malacca.
Date unknown Montenegro gains autonomy under Ottoman power. Spanish C.onquistador Francisco de Montejo attempts an invasion of the Yucatán, but is driven out by the Maya peoples. Spain takes direct control of Acapulco. Bubonic plague breaks out in England. St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle is completed. Chateau Fontainebleau in France is begun. Michelangelo Buonarroti begins work on the fortifications of Florence. Baldassare Castiglione publishes The Book of the Courtier. In Henan province, China, during the mid Ming dynasty, a vast drought deprives the region of harvests for the next two years, killing off half the people in some c,ommunities, due to starvation and cannibalism.Reported by local gazetteers. Perak Sultanate and Johor Sultanate were established, both states being ruled by the sons of Mahmud Shah of Malacca.