R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 400 April 23, 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 _______________________________________________________________________________ MAY ORDERS - Orders for May 1526 are due in my hands by May 13, 2012. RESULTS OF APRIL SIEGES - Jens Brostrup successfully completed his tenth month of siege at Ansbach. Marcello Maestri successfully completed his ninth month of siege at Gaeta. Christine Jagellon successfully completed her seventh month of siege at Przemysl. Victorin Podebrad successfully completed his fourth month of siege at Munich. Gianni della Rovere successfully completed his fourth month of siege at Cracow. SIEGES FOR MAY - 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 APRIL EVENTS - Niccolo Zeno venerated nine relics at Belluno. Giovanni Grimani venerated ten relics at Venice. Juan Borgia venerated nine relics at Narni. The town of Rajkot (FAS=200, FAR=0),which was defended by six garrison troops (M=540), was captured by assault by Mustafa Bihzad, Magistrate of Junagarh, with (M=547) 1,000 auxiliaries and 500 archers. In an urban battle fought inside of Gwalior, de facto control of the town was taken by Miran Ghuri with his 12,000 auxiliaries (M=543) by defeating the town's 2,000-man garrison (LOY=649). Inside Exeter, the Enriquez family tower (FAS=517), which was defended by 51 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Gervase Wimsey, Magistrate of Exeter, with (M=999) 1,600 auxiliaries. Inside Bern, the Kuhn family tower (FAS=800)), which was defended by 80 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Henry Talbot, a baron, with (M=869) 37,120 auxiliaries, 36,000 arquebusiers, 10,000 pikemen and 5,000 heavy cavalry. Pilgrimages to Mecca were completed by Malik Zafir Tahirid, Boabdil Qitada, Kausrau Qitada, Mirhan Hamadani, Farouk Hamadani, Rai Umarah and Obed Bakhtishah. Pierre BERNADON closed the market at Pamplona. 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. Bela CSEH 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. Zsolt NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Zoltan NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Emericus NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Akos NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Arpad NAGY 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. Jakob SZEKELY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Andreas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. George 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. 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. Aaron CRESCAS shortened the road from Samawa to ArRutbah to 216 miles. Creon RANGABE shortened the road from Arbaji to Sennar to 339 miles. Walter BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. 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. Nicholas SCHADE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Albrecht PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Hassan ABDALJALIL. 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. 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. 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. Horst BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Moritz KIEFUSS. 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. 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. 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. Oberto GIOVANNI shortened the road from Florence to Lecce to 410 miles. Oliviero CARAFFA shortened the road from Naples to Cortona to 207 miles. Enver MUSTAPHA shortened the road from Brusa to Sinope to 365 miles. Izmet YAKUBOGLU shortened the road from Adrianople to Volos to 240 miles. Abdalwahhab TAHIRID shortened the road from Sidon to ArRutbah to 232 mi. Bassima SAFAVID shortened the road from Diarbekr to Karaman to 199 miles. Ihab SAFAVID shortened the road from Tun to Yezd to 211 miles. Omar MONTAFIQ shortened the road from Samawa to ArRutbah to 207 miles. Alaaldawla BAKHTISHAH shortened the road from Herat to Kabul to 355 miles. Abdullah TULANBI shortened the road from Sari to Ashkhabad to 300 miles. Mamoun TULANBI shortened the road from Shiraz to Dikbayah to 245 miles. Pachachi MARAKKAR shortened the road from Vijayanagar to Calicut to 273 mi. 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. Gianni ROVERE shortened the road from Cracow to Troki to 342 miles. Giuliano ROVERE shortened the road from Chihfu to Kaifeng to 413 miles. Diego LEPE shortened the road from Peking to Hangginqi to 348 miles. Francesco GONZAGA shortened the road from Mantua to Belgrade to 234 miles. Antoniotto FREGOSI shortened the road from Genoa to Auxerre to 330 miles. Atititl OPOCHTLILI planted 100 colonists at Guanajuato. Tochtli OPOCHTLILI planted 100 colonists at TierraDeBrea. Francesco MARTINI shortened the road from Genoa to Auxerre to 321 miles. Robert BLACKADDER shortened the road from Amsterdam to Lyons to 448 miles. Adam BLACKADDER shortened the road from Mantua to Belgrade to 229 miles. Citli COCHOTL planted 100 colonists at Tetelcingo. SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES - BERN: King of Schwarzburg-Rudolstad to King of Milan AIX, TOULON, NIMES, GRENOBLE, VALENCE & ARLES: King of France to King of Orange PERIGUEUX, DREUX, TOULOUSE, ARCACHON, LAREOLE & MONTAUBAN: K.France to K.Orange NAVAL MAINTENANCE ATTRITION - YEAR BARQUES GALLIOTS GALLEYS CARAVELS ROUNDSHIPS 1526 3,182 190 55 163 126 1525 3,362 244 35 139 190 1524 4,037 182 48 246 78 1523 4,055 207 28 139 96 1522 4,175 227 37 282 142 1521 3,864 341 129 460 359 1520 2,867 127 44 170 146 1519 2,887 72 33 74 150 1518 2,162 102 45 176 220 1517 3,217 141 27 119 140 1516 3,709 169 89 354 203 1515 3,505 223 108 236 249 1514 4,427 382 220 576 488 1513 5,438 434 234 567 404 1512 3,983 259 100 218 225 1511 3,898 349 48 75 93 1510 3,775 357 45 118 47 1509 3,790 172 39 116 87 1508 3,290 151 56 204 163 1507 3,380 123 57 77 53