Global Gazette-The year is...1517.

What on Earth was happening in the year 1517? Let's take a look...

• In January of 1517, specifically on the 22nd, the Battle of Ridanieh took place in history. The location was Egypt and the fighters were the Ottoman Turks vs. the Mamluk forces of Toumen Bay. It proved to be a vicious battle, and it ended brutally. The Mamluk sultan was hung over the entrance gate in Cairo.


• On Febrary 3rd of 1517, the event explained above led into further news history. The city of Cairo, Egypt was finally captured by the Ottoman Turks after the bloody battle. On the same day, in China, the first ever contact with western merchants began. This opened a highly used trade route.


• On August 15th 1517, a Portuguese merchant by the name of Firnao Pires de Andrade, met with Chinese officials at the Pearl River Estuary, of course accompanied by an interpreter,and successfully landed in Hong Kong.


• In October of the same year, on the same date as Halloween (the 31st), Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, Germany....for ALL to see.


• Some infamous world leaders ruled during 1517, and they include: King Charles I of Aragon, Europe, Pope Leo X of the Papal States, King Henry VIII of England, and Johanna, Queen of Castile.


• In the year 1517, Corpus Christi College in Oxford, England was also established. As well as Le Havre, a city in Normandy (Norther France) being well established by Francis I of France. It still exists to this day and is located along the English Channel.

A lot of things continued to happen for years to come after 1517...