Magnus Intercursus Fixed Duties
Establishes agreed customs arrangements that give English merchants greater certainty when exporting cloth through the Low Countries.
Historical events in 1496
40 historical records
February 14965 historical events
Magnus Intercursus Merchant Justice
Obtains treaty guarantees intended to provide English merchants with fair legal treatment in Burgundian courts and commercial disputes.
Magnus Intercursus Signed
Concludes a major commercial treaty with Philip of Burgundy that restores normal trade between England and the Burgundian Netherlands.
Magnus Intercursus Trade Privileges
Secures reciprocal trading privileges for English and Burgundian merchants after the damaging commercial embargo between the two territories.
Magnus Intercursus Warbeck Clause
Uses the commercial settlement to reinforce Burgundian acceptance of the Tudor succession and remove protection previously available to Perkin Warbeck.
March 14964 historical events
Patent
Henry VII grants a patent to John & Sebastian Cabot to search for new lands
Patent
Henry VII grants John Cabot and his sons authority to seek unknown lands under the English flag.
Birth of Mary
Princess Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, is born at Richmond.
Marriage
Negotiations for the actual betrothal of Catherine of Aragon to Prince Arthur begin
July 14962 historical events
Alliance Henry VII and English diplomatic interests
Henry joins a wider European alliance intended to restrain French power and protect English diplomatic interests.
Holy League
Membership of the Holy League aligns England with Ferdinand, Maximilian and Pope Alexander VI against Charles VIII.
September 14961 historical events
Warbeck Invasion of Northumberland
James IV crosses into northern England with Perkin Warbeck and a Scottish army, attempting to turn the pretender's claim into an armed invasion of Henry VII's kingdom.
October 14961 historical events
Birth of Claude of Guise
Claude of Lorraine is born and later founds the ducal House of Guise
Epioma magesti Ptolemaei
Publication of "Epioma magesti Ptolemaei"
Commercial Terms with Burgundy
The restored Anglo-Burgundian settlement fixes commercial conditions and gives English merchants renewed access to Low Countries markets.
Economy of England
Henry's commercial policy seeks to improve English cloth exports and reduce damaging restrictions on overseas trade.
Jesus College Foundation Approved
Henry supports Bishop John Alcock's conversion of St Radegund's former priory into Jesus College, Cambridge.
Magnus Intercursus
The Magnus Intercursus restores regulated trade with the Low Countries and establishes reciprocal commercial privileges.
Trade Relations
Henry uses diplomacy with Burgundy to restore favourable conditions for English merchants after the trade dispute.
Warbeck Expelled from Burgundy
The settlement with Burgundy removes a major source of foreign support for Perkin Warbeck and forces him to seek another base.
Papal Bull
Henry refuses to treat Iberian papal claims as preventing English-sponsored voyages into newly explored Atlantic regions.
Treaty of Tordessillas
English exploration continues despite the Treaty of Tordesillas dividing overseas spheres between Spain and Portugal.
Lincoln's Inn Admission
More enters Lincoln's Inn for advanced legal training.
Bishop
Appointed Bishop of Lincoln
Scottish Invasion for Warbeck
James IV invades northern England in support of Perkin Warbeck, exposing Henry to a combined dynastic and Scottish threat.
Commission
Henry VII refuses to recognize Spanish & Portuguese claims under the 1493 Papal Bull
Papal Bull
Henry VII refuses to recognize Spanish & Portuguese claims under the 1493 Papal Bull
Assistant to Domenico Maria Novara
Works with astronomer Domenico Maria Novara and develops practical observing experience.
Studies at Bologna
Begins legal studies while continuing astronomical observations in Bologna.
Massacre
Expels all Jews & has many of them massacred
Persecution
Expels all Jews & has many of them massacred
Legislation
Barons & freeholders must send sons to school at 8 or 9 to learn Latin then Art & Law
Reform of Education
Barons & freeholders must send sons to school at 8 or 9 to learn Latin then Art & Law
Reballion of Rebels in Warbeck
Offers The Pretender the daughter of the Earl of Huntley in marriage
Reballion of Rebels in Warbeck
Offers The Pretender the daughter of the Earl of Huntley in marriage
Alliance Ferdinand II and Pope Alexander VI
Granted title "the Catholic" by Pope Alexander VI
Marriage
Philip I marries Joan, daughter of Ferdinand II
Marriage
Philip I marries Joan, daughter of Ferdinand II
Invasion of Bothnia
Russia invades the Gulf of Bothnia to capture Swedish occupied Finland
Siege of Ivangorod
Sweden counter-attacks & ends the war