R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 412 December 31, 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 1527 are due in my hands by January 20, 2013. ARCHIVES - Issue # 151 was mailed to subscribers on December 10. RESULTS OF APRIL SIEGES - Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos, successfully completed his sixth month of siege at Palermo. Peppin Perault, Magistrate of Issoudun, successfully completed his ninth month of siege at Mezieres. Milon Illiers successfully completed his tenth month of siege at Perigueux. Guillaume Legier, Magistrate of Anatolihissar, successfully completed his fifth month of siege at Salonika. SIEGES FOR MAY - MEZIERES: besieged by Peppin Perault PERIGUEUX: Besieged by Milon Illiers PALERMO: Besieged by Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos SALONIKA: Besieged by Guillaume Legier, Magistrate of Anatolihissar LEMBERG: Besieged by Gregor Lipa, Magistrate of Hanover APRIL EVENTS - Juan Borgia venerated 9 relics. Marcantonio Michiel venerated 8. Tomasso Euffreducci venerated 10. Antonio Grimani venerated 10. Giovanni Grimani venerated 10. Andrew Buchanan venerated 10. Gilbert Gordon venerated 8. The city of Kotte (FAS=600, FAR=0), which was defended by 900 garrison troops (LOY=642), was captured by assault by Raya Malla, Raja of Bhaktapur, with (M=975) 28,000 auxiliaries and 7,750 archers. Ismail Arkiko completed a pilgrimage to Mecca. Nicholas Ricaut was appointed to the magistracy of Toulon. Antoine PERAULT wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Gavin DOUGLAS wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. John FRASER wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Rene ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Edward STOREY wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Charles LATREMOUILLE was appointed to the magistracy of Nimes. Frederyk JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Creon RANGABE shortened the road from Arbaji to Sennar to 231 miles. Aaron CRESCAS shortened the road from ArRutbah to Damascus to 215 miles. Pachachi MARAKKAR shortened the road from Vijayanagar to Akola to 352 mi. John LIPA wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Bourian LIPA wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Henry LIPA wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Trtchka LIPA wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Gregor LIPA wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Izmet YAKUBOGLU shortened the road from Adrianople to Yergogu to 210 mi. Mansur AFSHAR shortened the road from Teheran to Tun to 233 miles. Ali Beg PURNAK shortened the road from Balkh to Bokhara to 193 miles. Abdullah TULANBI shortened the road from Derbent to Astrakhan to 286 mi. Ahmed HAMADANI shortened the road from Sari to Ashkhabad to 291 miles. Ali SAFAVID shortened the road from Tabriz to Poti to 286 miles. Bassima SAFAVID shortened the road from Diarbekr to Sinope to 296 miles. Ihab SAFAVID shortened the road from Kerman to Naband to 289 miles. Omar MONTAFIQ shortened the road from Samawa to Unayzah to 271 miles. Alaaldawla BAKHTISHAH shortened the road from Herat to Kabul to 238 miles. Bayezid II OSMANLI shortened the road from Karaman to Amasia to 214 miles. Enver MUSTAPHA shortened the road from Brusa to Sinope to 266 miles. Hilal ALATRASH shortened the road from ArRutbah to Damascus to 206 miles. Antonio MISSAGLIA shortened the road from erzberg to KRAGUJEVAC to 315 mi. Diego LEPE shortened the road from Peking to Hangginqi to 242 miles. TENANCY CHANGES - MOGADISHU: Sultan of Mogadishu to Magistrate of Mogadishu NAVAL MAINTENANCE ATTRITION - YEAR BARQUES GALLIOTS GALLEYS CARAVELS ROUNDSHIPS 1527 5,751 217 99 493 189 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