R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 397 February 19, 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 _______________________________________________________________________________ FEBRUARY ORDERS - Orders for February 1526 are due in my hands by March 11, 2012. RESULTS OF JANUARY SIEGES - Jens Brostrup successfully completed his seventh month of siege at Ansbach. Henry Talbot successfully completed his eighteenth month of siege at Bern. Marcello Maestri successfully completed his sixth month of siege at Gaeta. Christine Jagellon successfully completed her fourth month of siege at Przemysl. Victorin Podebrad successfully completed his first month of siege at Munich. Gianni della Rovere successfully completed his first month of siege at Cracow. SIEGES FOR FEBRUARY - 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 JANUARY EVENTS - Inside Brzeg its DFC, Friedrich Liegnitz, Duke of Liegnitz and Brzeg, looked on from his tower while de facto control of the town was taken from him by Sigismund Jagiello, Bishop of Breslau, through urban battle orders issued to his (M=689) 2,805 auxiliaries, 1,000 arquebusiers, 400 archers, 298 heavy cavalry and 400 crew. The Geiler family tower (FAS=31) at Hanover, which was defended by three tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Gregor Lipa, Magistrate of Hanover, with (M=906) 20,293 auxiliaries, 90,700 arquebusiers, 6,336 pikemen, 7,889 archers, 306 heavy cvalry and 488 crew. Gianni della Rovere (G=983), King of Sinigaglia, subjected Cracow (FAS=999, FAR=999) to siege bombardment with his 3,317 cannons. 67 cannons self-destructed while causing no damage to the fortifications. There was no counter-battery fire. Andreas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Nicholas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Sigismund BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Stephen BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Istvan CSEH wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Peter CSEH wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Gabor 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. John FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Gyula FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Ignaz FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Jiri BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Viktor BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Bozena BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Alexander BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Stefan BUDWEIS 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. Fritz SZEKELY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Jakob SZEKELY 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. Wladislaw WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Nicholas C. WATZELRODE 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. Gavin DOUGLAS wrote a diatribe against Khoja AKRAR. John HUNTER closed the market at Southampton. Richard ROTHERAM wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Hans DURER wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Agnes LIVINGSTONE 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. John Albert JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Sigismund JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Gustav FLENSBURG. Frederyk JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Elizabeth JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Helen JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Hedwig JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Albrecht PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Henry PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Henry PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Victorin PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Moritz KIEFUSS. Hynek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Bocek PODEBRAD 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. 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. 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. Bayezid II OSMANLI shortened the road from Aleppo to Karaman to 213 miles. Enver MUSTAPHA shortened the road from Brusa to Karaman to 208 miles. Abdalwahhab TAHIRID shortened the road from Sidon to ArRutbah to 259 mi. Haydar ERRIAD shortened the road from cairo to Qus to 256 miles. Mansur AFSHAR shortened the road from Teheran to Tun to 341 miles. Abdullah TULANBI shortened the road from Sari to Ashkhabad to 327 miles. Bassima SAFAVID shortened the road from Diarbekr to Karaman to 226 miles. Ihab SAFAVID shortened the road from Tun to Yezd to 220 miles. Omar MONTAFIQ shortened the road from Samawa to ArRutbah to 243 miles. Alaaldawla BAKHTISHAH shortened the road from Herat to Kabul to 391 miles. Ahmed JUMBLAT shortened the road from Beirut to Deir to 193 miles. Hieronymus GOLDLI was appointed to the magistracy of Lisbon. Domenigo ROVERE shortened the road from Brescia to Foggia to 373 miles. Gianni ROVERE shortened the road from Cracow to Troki to 366 miles. Giuliano ROVERE deepened the harbor at Peking to 15 feet. Lazarus GOLDLI shortened the road from Brescia to Foggia to 366 miles. Diego LEPE shortened the road from Peking to Hangginqi to 381 miles. Pierre AUBUSSON deepened the harbor at Elaphonissos to 13 feet. Giles LEGIER shortened the road from Cracow to Troki to 360 miles. Francesco GONZAGA shortened the road from Mantua to Belgrade to 288 miles. Adam BLACKADDER shortened the road from Mantua to Belgrade to 279 miles. Atititl OPOCHTLILI planted 100 colonists at Guanajuato. Tochtli OPOCHTLILI planted 100 colonists at TierraDeBrea. Citli COCHOTL planted 100 colonists at Tetelcingo. FEUDATORY CHANGES - CHIHFU: Magistrate of Chinan to Magistrate of Chihfu