R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 394 December 18, 2011 _______________________________________________________________________________ GM: Constantine Xanthos, 4050 N. Ocean Drive, Unit 204, Lauderdale by the Sea, FL 33308 WEB SITE: cx.rensim.org EMAIL: cjxren@yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________________________ NOVEMBER ORDERS - Orders for November 1525 are due in my hands by January 8, 2012. RESULTS OF OCTOBER SIEGES - Jens Brostrup successfully completed his fourth month of siege at Ansbach. Henry Talbot successfully completed his fifteenth month of siege at Bern. Marcello Maestri successfully completed his third month of siege at Gaeta. Christine Jagellon successfully completed her first month of siege at Przemysl. SIEGES FOR NOVEMBER - BERN: Besieged by Henry Talbot, a knight ANSBACH: Besieged by Jens Brostrup, Archbishop of Lund GAETA: Besieged by Marcello Maestri, Magistrate of SanGiovanni PRZEMYSL: Besieged by Christine Jagellon, Magistrate of Marienburg OCTOBER EVENTS - Inside Hanover, the Dortmund family tower (FAS=31), which was defended by three tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Gregor Lipa with (M=906) 20,299 auxiliaries, 90,700 arquebusiers, 6,336 pikemen, 7,890 archers, 306 heavy cavalry and 488 crew. At Cempoala, Hernan Munoz was accepted as a master merchant with the support of 2371, 40, 3430, 2801, 3589, 2822, 2823, 139, 2810, 2809 and 2813. Inside Nuremburg, Frederick von Habsburg, the Holy Roman Emperor, was assassinated by Filippo Buonarotti. His hereditary estates went to Philip von Habsburg. An election for a new HRE will be held during the February turn. Inside Cairo, the Habsburg family tower (FAS=999), which was defended by Maximilian von Habsburg, King of the Romans, with (M=45) 999 heavy cavalry and 99 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Henry Wakefield, King of Jerusalem, with (M=957) 579,812 auxiliaries, 10 arquebusiers and 600 archers. The King of the Romans was killed. 82,102,929 ducats were captured. Sigismund WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Barbara WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Lucas WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Wladislaw WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Nicholas C. WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Gabor CSEH wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Istvan CSEH wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Peter CSEH wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Zygmunt CSEH wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Nicholas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Andreas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Sigismund BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Stephen BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Bozena BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Jiri BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Alexander BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Stefan BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Viktor BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Fritz SZEKELY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Jakob SZEKELY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Coloman FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Geza FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Gyula FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Ignaz FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. John FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Zsolt NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Emericus NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Zoltan NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Arpad NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Akos NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Walter BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Robert BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Norman FISHER wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Richard ROTHERAM wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Thomas ROTHERAM wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Hans DURER wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Agnes LIVINGSTONE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Gaston SALAZAR wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Rene ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Desiderius ERASMUS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Maurice ERASMUS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Edward STOREY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Aaron CRESCAS shortened the road from Samawa to ArRutbah to 261 miles. Ahmed JUMBLAT shortened the road from Beirut to Deir to 220 miles. Walid GHUTAH shortened the road from ArRutbah to Tikrit to 207 miles. Abdalwahhab TAHIRID shortened the road from Sidon to ArRutbah to 277 mi. Tawfiq ERRIAD shortened the road from Erriad to Doha to 275 miles. Ali SAFAVID shortened the road from Tabriz to Derbent to 215 miles. Bassima SAFAVID shortened the road from Diarbekr to Karaman to 253 miles. Ihab SAFAVID shortened the road from Tun to Yezd to 247 miles. Ahmed HAMADANI shortened the road from Hamadan to Mosul to 206 miles. Alaaldawla BAKHTISHAH shortened the road from Herat to Balkh to 216 miles. Mamoun TULANBI shortened the road from Shiraz to Jiruft to 218 miles. Bayezid II OSMANLI shortened the road from Aleppo to Karaman to 240 miles. Enver MUSTAPHA shortened the road from Brusa to Karaman to 235 miles. Muhammad KHAWJA opened the market at Tatta. John Albert JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Elizabeth JAGELLON was appointed to the magistracy of KOLOMEA. Sigismund JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Gustav FLENSBURG. Hedwig JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Elizabeth JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Helen JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Henry PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Victorin PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Moritz KIEFUSS. Albrecht PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Hynek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Bocek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Chval JICIN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Vacha JICIN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Albus JICIN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Ulrich JICIN wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Havel JICIN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Geraldo CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Ursula CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Fernao CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Marino CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Vasco CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Egbert STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Nicholas STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Svante STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Hengist STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Horst BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Herluf BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Per BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Paul BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Jens BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Viktor SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Gustav SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Wenzel SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Herman SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Stefan SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. John LIPA wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Bourian LIPA wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Henry LIPA wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Trtchka LIPA wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Giles LEGIER shortened the road from Belgrade to Cracow to 254 miles. Leonardo LOREDANO shortened the road from antioch to jerusalem to 251 mi. Pietro LOREDANO shortened the road from Belgrade to Cracow to 247 miles. Diego LEPE shortened the road from Peking to Chihfu to 217 miles. Joseph AUBUSSON shortened the road from Belgrade to Cracow to 242 miles. Richard WAKEFIELD shortened the road from Cairo to Siwa to 274 miles. Henry WAKEFIELD shortened the road from Cairo to Siwa to 265 miles. Giuliano ROVERE deepened the harbor at Peking to 14 feet. Kurt GOLDLI shortened the road from Belgrade to Cracow to 233 miles. Pacifico BURLAMACCHI shortened the road from Mantua to Belgrade to 369 mi. Cuintli TLACUA deepened the harbor at Cempoala to 15 feet. Adam BLACKADDER shortened the road from Mantua to Belgrade to 360 miles. Francesco GONZAGA shortened the road from Mantua to Belgrade to 351 miles. Citli COCHOTL planted 100 colonists at Tetelcingo. Atititl OPOCHTLILI planted 100 colonists at Guanajuato. Tochtli OPOCHTLILI planted 100 colonists at TierraDeBrea. MAGISTRATE ELECTIONS - Albert Durer was elected to the magistracy of Nuremburg with one vote, his own. Antonio Grimany was re-elected to the magistracy of Venice with the votes of 167, 809, 810, 811, 1284, 3067, 3068 and 3069. Giovanni Euffreducci was re-elected to the magistracy of Fermo with the votes of 607 and 609. FEUDATORY CHANGES - CAIRO: King of the Romans to King of Jerusalem ELECTIONS FOR THE HRE AND KING OF THE ROMANS - An election for a new Holy Roman Emperor will be held during the February turn at Frankfort. The electors are the Archbishop of Mainz, the Archbishop of Trier, the Archbishop of Cologne, the King of Bohemia, the King of Saxony, the Grand Duke of Brandenburg and the Elector Palatine of the Rhine. An election to replace the King of the Romans will be held during the May turn at Frankfort. The electors will be the same as those for the HRE.