Several illustrated Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica) is historical account of facts and events in chronological order. ...chronicles were created in the 1550 illustration for the Sempacherbrief of 1393, one of the major alliance contracts of the Old Swiss Confederacy The Old Swiss Confederacy was the precursor of modern_day Switzerland. ...Old Swiss Confederacy in the (14th century _ 15th century _ 16th century _ other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ...15th and (15th century _ 16th century _ 17th century _ more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...16th centuries. They were luxurious productions for the benefit of the urban elite of For other uses, see Bern (disambiguation). ...Berne and Lucerne (German: Luzern) is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (31 December 2003), capital of the canton of Lucerne. ...Lucerne, and their countless detailed illustrations allow a unique insight into the politics and daily life of late medieval The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. ...Switzerland on the eve of the Huldrych Zwingli was elected priest of the Great Minster church in Zürich in 1518. ...Reformation. The most important of these chronicles are the works of the two Diebold Schillings, their luxurious execution, as well as their content reflecting the growing confidence and self-esteem of the leaders of the confederacy after their spectacular successes in the The Burgundy Wars were a conflict between the House of Habsburg and the Valois Dynasty, in which the Old Swiss Confederacy got involved and would play a decisive role. ...Burgundy Wars.
Events July 31 _ Hundred Years War: Battle of Cravant _ The French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne. ...1423 Konrad Justinger's chronicle (Berne) the original was lost, but a copy of the text survives in See also Jena, Louisiana, United States. ...Jena.
Events May 15 _ Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. ...1470 the "Tschachtlanchronik" by Bendict Tschachtlan und Heinrich Dittlinger (Berne, now kept in Zürich IPA (in English often Zurich, which is also the standard French form of the name) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 364,558 in 2002; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ...Zürich)
Events The São Tomé settlement is founded. ...1483 the "Berner Schilling", three volumes, covering the time from the foundation of Berne up to and including the Burgundy Wars.
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s Years: 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489 Events and Trends Categories: 1480s ...1480s "Spiezer Schilling", a shorter one-volume edition
Events July 6 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cao finds the mouth of Congo River December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and witches in Germany with the lead of Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger First cuirassier units (kyrissers) formed in Austria Births January 1...1484 "Zürcher Schilling" (kept in Zürich)
Events June - Invasion of Persia by Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Empire. ...1515 Chronicle of Walter Schodeler of Several communes have the name Bremgarten: in Germany Bremgarten (Breisgau)) and Bremgarten (Markgräflerland), both in the Bundesland of Baden_Württemberg in Switzerland Bremgarten bei Bern, in the Canton of Bern Bremgarten AG, in the Canton of Aargau Bremgarten, a district in the Canton of Aargau This is a disambiguation page...Bremgarten.
Events May 5 _ Peace of Beaulieu or Peace of Monsieur (after Monsieur, the Duc dAnjou, brother of the King, who negotiated it). ...1576Christoph Silberysen's compendium.
Events February 8 - Mary, Queen of Scots is executed. ...1587 "Wickiana" by Johann Jakob Wick.
Several illustratedchronicles were created in the Old Swiss Confederacy in the 15th and 16th centuries.
They were luxurious productions for the benefit of the urban elite of Berne and Lucerne, and their countless detailed illustrations allow a unique insight into the politics and daily life of late medieval Switzerland on the eve of the Reformation.
The most important of these chronicles are the works of the two Diebold Schillings, their luxurious execution, as well as their content reflecting the growing confidence and self-esteem of the leaders of the confederacy after their spectacular successes in the Burgundy Wars.
The Eidgenossenschaft of the Swiss, as the confederacy was called, began as an alliance between the communities of the valleys in the central Alps to facilitate the management of common interests such as free trade and to ensure the peace along the important trade routes through the mountains.
Illustration from the late 15th century of the Battle of Laupen.
Swiss forces soon got involved in the Italian Wars between the Valois and the Habsburgs over the control of northern Italy.
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