7!+7!+4!+4!+3!+3!+1!=1501
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7!+7!+4!+4!+3!+3!+1!=1501
1502 - 2 + 2 = 1502
1504 -- John MacDonald II of Sleat, having died in 1498, was succeeded by his Grandson, Donald "Gorm" ("The Blue", probably a reference to his eyes) MacDonald as Chiefton of the Clan Donald. Gorm began consolidating his power among the clans and tenants of the Isles of Scotland and the northwestern Highlands.
1505 -- Donald "Gorm" MacDonald is arrested for treason against King James IV of Scotland for attempting to reclaim the lost title of Lord of the Isles. King James, realizing that hanging Gorm will only lead to another rebellous MacDonald becoming the Chief of the Clan, chooses instead to imprison Gorm in the dungeons of the Edinburgh Abbey on King's Row in Edinburgh.
1506 - The Swiss Guard of the Vatican is created
1507..........................
1508 - Ludovico Sforza dies, and Milan is thrown into chaos
1509.............
1x10^3 + 5x10^2 + 10^1 = 1510
1511- Michelangelo's still busy painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling. (We're in my favorite century in history now, Hoorah!
1512 - The Pope's suggestion of putting nude mermaids on the ceiling (as a continuance of a long-standing Vatican tradition) becomes the subject of much to-do and controversy in Rome. The subsequent cover-up turns the mermaids to men (which are apparently far more acceptable to the ladies of Rome) and places the blame on the allegedly-perverted mind of Michelangelo.
1513... nothing disastrous happened as we're all still around ;)
1514- The year Bramante died, and one year after the publication of Machiavelli's The Prince--which succeeded in creating enough of a stir to temporarily distract the Italians from looking at the nude men on Michelangelo's ceiling.
1514....Michelangelo stubs his toe a total of 35 times this year.