[Game] Count to 10,000

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1501 Philip and Joanna of Castile leave for Spain.

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1502 - Christopher Columbus leaves Cadiz, Spain for his fourth and final trip to the 'New World'. He explores Central America, and discovers St. Lucia, the Isthmus of Panama, Honduras, and Costa Rica.

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1503 Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands, which he names Las Tortugas after the numerous sea turtles there

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1504 - Michelangelo's sculpture of David is erected in Florence.

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1505 Martin Luther, then 22, vows to become a monk in a moment of terror, due to a near lightning strike during a thunderstorm, near the village of Stotternheim

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1506 -  The Swiss Guard arrives at the Vatican, to serve as permanent ceremonial and palace guards under Pope Julius II.

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1507 Martin Luther is ordained a priest of the Catholic Church. Leonardo da Vinci completes the Mona Lisa.

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1508 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor attacks Venice.

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1509 Henry VIII becomes King of England (for 38 years) on the death of his father, Henry VII.

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1510 -  Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Goa.

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1511 Henry VIII of England's flagship, the Mary Rose, is launched at Portsmouth.

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1512 -  Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology

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1513 Pope Leo X succeeds Pope Julius II as the 217th pope.

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1514 - Louis XII of France makes peace with Emperor Maximilian.

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1515 Thomas Wolsey is named the English Lord Chancellor.