R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 396 January 29, 2012 _______________________________________________________________________________ GM: Constantine Xanthos, 4050 N. Ocean Drive, Unit 204, Lauderdale by the Sea, FL 33308 WEB SITE: cx.rensim.org EMAIL: cjxren@yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________________________ JANUARY ORDERS - Orders for January 1526 are due in my hands by February 19, 2012. RESULTS OF DECEMBER SIEGES - Jens Brostrup successfully completed his sixth month of siege at Ansbach. Henry Talbot successfully completed his seventeenth month of siege at Bern. Marcello Maestri successfully completed his fifth month of siege at Gaeta. Christine Jagellon successfully completed her third month of siege at Przemysl. SIEGES FOR JANUARY - 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 MUNICH: Besieged by Victorin Podebrad, Duke of Opava CRACOW: Besieged by Gianni Rovere, King of Sinigaglia DECEMBER EVENTS - Pilgrimages to Loreto were completed by Tomasso Euffreducci and Juan Borgia. Sigismund Watzelrode took Nikolaus Sekely into apprenticeship. Inside Hanover, the Hohenzollern family tower (FAS=31), which was defended by three tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Gregor Lipa, Magistrate of Hanover, with (M=906) 20,295 auxiliaries, 90,700 arquebusiers, 6,336 pikemen, 7,889 archers, 306 heavy cavalry and 488 crew. Inside Lutsk, the Olekovich family tower (FAS=401), which was defended by 40 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Lavenas Jagiello, King of Hungary, with (M=720) 3,911 auxiliaries, 1,000 arquebusiers, 1,000 archers and 400 heavy cavalry. Jiri BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Bozena BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Viktor BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Alexander BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Stefan BUDWEIS 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. 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. Andreas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Nicholas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. George BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Sigismund BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Stephen BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Fritz SZEKELY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Jakob SZEKELY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Akos NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Arpad NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Emericus NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Zoltan NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Zsolt NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Sigismund WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Barbara WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Lucas WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Nicholas C. WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Wladislaw WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Albrecht PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Henry PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Ulrich JICIN was appointed to the magistracy of DEUTSCHBROD. Victorin PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Moritz KIEFUSS. Hynek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Bourian LIPA was appointed to the magistracy of PODEBRADY. Bocek PODEBRAD 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. 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. 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 Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Bourian LIPA wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Henry LIPA wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Trtchka LIPA wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. John Albert JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Lavenas JAGIELLO was appointed to the magistracy of LUTSK. Sigismund JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Gustav FLENSBURG. Frederyk JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Hedwig JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Elizabeth JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Helen JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Rustam BIHZAD closed the market at Diu. Aaron CRESCAS shortened the road from ArRutbah to Tikrit to 198 miles. Ahmed JUMBLAT shortened the road from Beirut to Deir to 202 miles. Edward STANLEY was appointed to the magistracy of Douglas. Edward STANLEY closed the market at Douglas. Edward TALBOT was appointed to the magistracy of Gloucester. William IV KEITH was appointed to the magistracy of Stettin. Walter BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Robert BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Donald FLETCHER wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Archibald CAMPBELL wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. John FISHER deepened the harbor at Danzig to 16 feet. Norman FISHER wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Andrew HAY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Thomas ROTHERAM wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Albrecht DURER 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. Nicholas SCHADE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Andrew BARTON planted 100 colonists at StPetersburg. Edward STOREY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Martin STOREY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Marco BUONAROTTI shortened the road from Philippopolis to Tergovist to 191 mi. Pietro LOREDANO shortened the road from Tergovist to Constantinople to 273 mi. Domenigo ROVERE shortened the road from Brescia to Benevento to 360 miles. Giuliano ROVERE shortened the road from Kaifeng to Yenan to 211 miles. Diego LEPE shortened the road from Peking to Hangginqi to 389 miles. Francesco GONZAGA shortened the road from Mantua to Belgrade to 315 miles. Pacifico BURLAMACCHI shortened the road from Mantua to Belgrade to 306 mi. Atititl OPOCHTLILI planted 100 colonists at Guanajuato. Tochtli OPOCHTLILI planted 100 colonists at TierraDeBrea. Citli COCHOTL planted 100 colonists at Tetelcingo. Adam BLACKADDER shortened the road from Mantua to Belgrade to 297 miles. Tawfiq ERRIAD shortened the road from Erriad to Doha to 266 miles. Ali SAFAVID shortened the road from Tabriz to Derbent to 197 miles. Bassima SAFAVID shortened the road from Diarbekr to Karaman to 235 miles. Ihab SAFAVID shortened the road from Tun to Yezd to 229 miles. Omar MONTAFIQ shortened the road from Samawa to ArRutbah to 252 miles. Alaaldawla BAKHTISHAH shortened the road from Herat to Balkh to 198 miles. Abdullah TULANBI shortened the road from Sari to Ashkhabad to 336 miles. Mamoun TULANBI shortened the road from Shiraz to Jiruft to 200 miles. Bayezid II OSMANLI shortened the road from Aleppo to Karaman to 222 miles. Enver MUSTAPHA shortened the road from Brusa to Karaman to 217 miles. Jemal NARUN shortened the road from Tergovist to Constantinople to 264 mi. SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES - PSKOV & LUTSK: King of Lithuania to King of Poland