R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 417 April 15, 2013 _______________________________________________________________________________ GM: Constantine Xanthos, 4050 N. Ocean Drive, Unit 204, Lauderdale by the Sea, FL 33308 WEB SITE: cx.rensim.org EMAIL: cjxren@yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________________________ OCTOBER ORDERS - Orders for October 1527 are due in my hands by May 5, 2013. RESULTS OF SEPTEMBER SIEGES - Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos, successfully completed his eleventh month of siege at Palermo. Guillaume Legier, Magistrate of Anatolihissar, successfully completed his tenth month of siege at Salonika. Gregor Lipa, Magistrate of Hanover, successfully completed his fifth month of siege at Lemberg. Horst Brostrup successfully completed his first month of siege of the Hohenzollern family tower at Ansbach. SIEGES FOR OCTOBER - PALERMO: Besieged by Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos SALONIKA: Besieged by Guillaume Legier, Magistrate of Anatolihissar LEMBERG: Besieged by Gregor Lipa, Magistrate of Hanover HOHENZOLLERN TOWER AT ANSBACH: Besieged by Horst Brostrup BESZTERCE: Besieged by Helen Jagellon SEPTEMBER EVENTS - At Beszterce (FAR=0, FAS=500) Helen Jagellon (G=0), Magistrate of Petrikau, subjected the walls to siege bombardment with her 25 cannons. One of these self-destructed while inflicting no damage. There was no counter-battery fire. At Lemberg (FAR=328, FAS=999) Gregor Lipa (G=252), Magistrate of Hanover, subjected the walls to siege bombardment with his 13 cannons. One of these self-destructed while inflicting no damage. Rafal Tarnowski (G=882), Duke of Wojnik, then engaged in counter-battery fire with his two cannons, destroying one Lipan cannon while one ducal cannon self-destructed. At Debreczen, the undefended Bardewiek family tower (FAS=8) was captured by assault by Istvan Cseh with (M=999) 500 auxiliaries. Subsequently, the Tieffen family tower (FAS=21), which was defended by two tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Lucas Watzelrode, Bishop of Heilsburg, with (M=999) 1,500 auxiliaries and 1,500 arquebusiers. The Bishop lost three auxiliaries and two points of morale as a result of the assault. At Montauban, Cardinal Julien Latremouille and his 446,801 auxiliaries (M=894) attacked in urban battle and defeated Viscount Bertrand Hallot and his (M=905) 1,000 auxiliaries. The Viscount was not killed, but 2,486,234 ducats, 5,921 horses, 2,750 oil, 3,000 wine and 1,382 galipot were taken from him. At Casale, while the DFC, Battista Spinola, looked on from his tower, control of the town was taken by Thomas Wakefield, Archbishop of York, through unopposed urban battle orders to his (M=999) 139,302 auxiliaries, 25,497 arquebusiers, 15,000 pikemen and 597 archers. Antoine PERAULT wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Albrecht DURER wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Heinrich DURER wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Edward LENE deepened the harbor at Douglas to 13 feet. John Albert JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. John Albert JAGIELLO produced a work of art critical of Rafal TARNOWSKI. Sigismund JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Sigismund JAGIELLO produced a work of art critical of Rafal TARNOWSKI. Frederyk JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Frederyk JAGELLON produced a work of art critical of Rafal TARNOWSKI. Elizabeth JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Elizabeth JAGELLON produced a work of art critical of Rafal TARNOWSKI. Helen JAGELLON produced a work of art critical of Rafal TARNOWSKI. Hedwig JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Hedwig JAGELLON produced a work of art critical of Rafal TARNOWSKI. Albrecht PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Henry PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. John LIPA was appointed to the magistracy of LOKET. Victorin PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Hynek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Bocek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Egbert STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Nicholas STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Svante STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Hengist STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Geraldo CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Ursula CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Vasco CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Fernao CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Marino CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Chval JICIN wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Vacha JICIN wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Albus JICIN wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Ulrich JICIN wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Havel JICIN wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Gustav SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Viktor SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Wenzel SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Herman SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Stefan SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. John LIPA wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Bourian LIPA wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Henry LIPA wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Trtchka LIPA wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Horst BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Herluf BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Per BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Jens BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Paul BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Gabor CSEH wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Istvan CSEH wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Peter CSEH wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Zygmunt CSEH wrote a diatribe against Frederick HENNEBERG. Andreas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. George BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Nicholas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Sigismund BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Stephen BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Lucas WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Nicholas C. WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Wladislaw WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Sigismund WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Barbara WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Fritz SZEKELY wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Jakob SZEKELY wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Bozena BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Jiri BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Alexander BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Stefan BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Viktor BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Gyula FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. John FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Coloman FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Geza FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Ignaz FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Akos NAGY wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Zsolt NAGY wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Emericus NAGY wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Zoltan NAGY wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Arpad NAGY wrote a diatribe against Rafal TARNOWSKI. Leonardo VINCI shortened the road from Barletta to Bologna to 310 miles. Michelangelo BUONAROTTI shortened the road from Brescia to Foggia to 316 mi. Giuliano ROVERE shortened the road from Hangginqi to Liangchou to 336 mi. Diego LEPE shortened the road from Peking to Chinan to 219 miles. Guy AUBUSSON shortened the road from Ragusa to Carusebes to 234 miles. Richard WAKEFIELD shortened the road from Cairo to Herat to 1822 miles. Henry WAKEFIELD shortened the road from Cairo to Herat to 1813 miles. William WAKEFIELD shortened the road from Naples to Pavia to 267 miles. Oliviero CARAFFA shortened the road from Naples to Pavia to 258 miles. Giampietro CARAFFA shortened the road from Brescia to Foggia to 309 miles. Abraham CRESCAS opened the market at Dakkar. Creon RANGABE shortened the road from Arbaji to Kassala to 227 miles. Izmet YAKUBOGLU shortened the road from Adrianople to Shkoder to 338 mi. Judith TERDAEGOBAZ was appointed to the magistracy of Aswan. Naim MOKHA shortened the road from JebelAkhdar to Muscat to 231 miles. Adnan DAOUDOGLU opened the market at Shkoder. Abdullah TULANBI shortened the road from Derbent to Astrakhan to 250 mi. Bayezid II OSMANLI shortened the road from Karaman to Scutari to 292 mi. Enver MUSTAPHA shortened the road from Brusa to Sinope to 221 miles. Ali SAFAVID shortened the road from Tabriz to Poti to 232 miles. Ihab SAFAVID shortened the road from Kerman to Naband to 244 miles. Ahmed HAMADANI shortened the road from Sari to Ashkhabad to 246 miles. Omar MONTAFIQ shortened the road from Samawa to Unayzah to 226 miles. Alaaldawla BAKHTISHAH shortened the road from Herat to Kabul to 193 mi. Pachachi MARAKKAR shortened the road from Vijayanagar to Akola to 307 mi. Emile LECYVRIER was appointed to the magistracy of Tours. Robert LENONCOURT was appointed to the magistracy of LaReole. SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES - BATTICALOA: Raja of Kandy to Raja of Venad FEUDATORY CHANGES - GARACHINE: Curaca of the Canari to Magistrate of Garachine PERIGUEUX: Count of Perigord to King of France TENANCY CHANGES - MEZIERES: Count of Rethel to King of France