Originally Posted By Deogges Mom 1480 - Consorts and co-rulers Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile initiate the Spanish Inquisition (looking for heretics in converted Jews)
Originally Posted By Deogges Mom 1484 - December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and witches in Germany with the lead of Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger
Originally Posted By LacyBelle 1490 - Leonardo da Vinci develops an oil lamp with a glass chimney that also acts as a lens, concentrating the light for use in.
Originally Posted By LacyBelle 1493 - Pope Alexander VI on May 4 draws a line on a map that gives Spain all the undiscovered lands to the west of the line.