September 1, 1453 - Montilla, SW of Córdoba, Spain - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is born
January(?) 1(?), 1455 - (While in Córdoba) - His father, Don Pedro Fernández de Córdoba, Count of Aguilar, dies in bed in Toledo
May 21, 1455 - Córdoba - King Henry IV of Castille marries Joan of Portugal. Festivities in the streets
January(?) 1(?), 1467 - Arévalo, Castille - Accompanied by his tutor, Don Diego, Gonzalo sets out for Castille and the court of young Prince Alfonso
August 20, 1467 - Olmedo, Valladolid, Spain - Second Battle of Olmedo - 12-year-old Gonzalo rides to battle with young Prince Alfonso
June 30, 1468 - Cardeñosa, near Ávila - Prince Alfonso's court moves from Arévalo, where plague had broken out, to Cardeñosa
July 5, 1468 - Cardeñosa - Alfonso, Prince of Asturias dies, aged only 14
July 15(?), 1468 - Ávila - After Prince Alfonso's funeral in Arévalo, the court moves to Ávila to decide the next move
January(?) 1(?), 1469(?) - Valladolid - Enters the service of Prince Alfonso's sister, Isabella of Castille
October 19, 1469 - Valladolid - Isabella of Castille marries Ferdinand of Aragon
January(?) 1(?), 1470 - Córdoba - At a moment when Gonzalo and his brother are upset with each other, Gonzalo starts living in the House of the Knights of Calatrava, in Córdoba
January(?) 1(?), 1472(?) - Montilla, SW of Córdoba, Spain - Fernández de Córdoba saves a girl from abduction, leaving one dead in the street, another severely wounded and a third who escaped. A street was named after him in Montilla after that day =(START)
January(?) 1(?), 1473 - Valladolid - Fernández de Córdoba leaves Court. According to some authors, there was a love affair between him and Isabella, and possibly, Ferdinand, out of jealousy, sent him away
January(?) 1(?), 1474 - Córdoba - Fernández de Córdoba is elected as on of the 24 who administered the affairs of the City of Córdoba
March(?) 25(?), 1474 - Córdoba - Disorders break out in Córdoba during Holy Week. Catholics attack the "new christians" (converted jews) in the City
September 18, 1474 - Córdoba(?) - Marries his cousin Isabel de Montemayor. The bride had a dowry of 100,000 "maravedís" and Gonzalo is offered (by his brother) the town of Santaella, west of Montilla, as a wedding gift
May(?) 1(?), 1475(?) - Santaella, W of Montilla - The Count of Cabra, his cousin and enemy, attacks Santaella by surprise, and Gonzalo is taken to Cabra as a prisoner =(catholicmonarchsflag)
July(?) 1(?), 1475(?) - Santaella, W of Montilla - After two months arrested in Cabra, Fernández de Córdoba hears that his wife, Isabel de Montemayor, had died in giving birth to a stillborn son
December(?) 1(?), 1476 - Santaella, W of Montilla - At the end of 1476, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is released by royal requirement
November(?) 10(?), 1478 - Córdoba - The catholic Monarchs go to Córdoba and meet Fernández de Córdoba after 5 years since he had left the Court
February 24, 1479 - Proserpina Dam, Mérida - Battle of La Albuera - Castillian victory. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba has his "battle baptism"
September 4, 1479 - (While in Córdoba) - The Treaty of Alcaçovas puts an end to the war with the portuguese
December 25, 1481 - (While in Córdoba) - During Christmas, the King of Granada rides to Zahara, a cliff fortress between Cadiz and Gibraltar. The defenders are cut down and the entire populace driven the 150 miles through rain, floods and mountain passes to slavery in Granada. Shock and humiliation is felt through all provinces of Spain
February 25, 1482 - (While out of Córdoba) - Don Rodrigo de Ponce sets out from Córdoba with 3,000 horse and 4,000 foot
February 27, 1482 - (While out of Córdoba) - Don Rodrigo de Ponce takes the city of Alhama, between Granada and Antequera
March 5, 1482 - (While out of Córdoba) - The King of Granada blockades Alhama with 53,000 men from Granada
March 10(?), 1482 - near Alhama - Fernández de Córdoba and his brother are threatened of being cut to pieces if they tried to enter in Alhama with their troops. They turn back and wait in the mountain passes for a relieving force from all Southwest of Spain
March 15(?), 1482 - Alhama - King Ferdinand arrives at the front of 45,000 men. The muslims decide to withraw to Granada
April 15, 1482 - Córdoba - The Captains and nobles meet the Catholic Kings to decide upon a plan of Campaign
May(?) 1(?), 1482 - Loja - Failed Attack to Loja. The moors pursue the christians until they retreat to Córdoba
March 1(?), 1483 - Antequera - Participates in the assault to Antequera
April 21, 1483 - Lucena - While resting at Montilla, Gonzalo is warned that the moors were attacking Lucena. He rides at once against them with 1,500 men - Battle of Lucena - Ibrahim Aliatar is killed, 5000 killed including the cream of the Moorish cavalry. King Muhammad XII (Boadbil) is taken prisoner, and the news are sent to the Catholic Kings. Boadbil is closed in Porcuna, Jaén
June 30, 1483 - Tájara - Siege of Tájara, after receiving orders from King Ferdinand II. The city is taken by Fernandez de Cordoba, showing great knowledge of siege engineering and using his Arabic skills to speak with the commander and Alcalde. By this time, the troops under his command had a great affection for him
July 18, 1483 - Montefrío - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba puts siege to Montefrío
July 25, 1483 - Montefrío - Conquest of Montefrío
December(?) 1(?), 1485 - Córdoba(?) - After Tájara, Fernández de Córdoba is promoted to Cavalry Captain. By the end of 1485, he commanded on of the flanks of the main castillian army
May 1(?), 1486 - Loja - Accusing Boabdil of breaking the two-year truce and being allied with El Zagal, Ferdinand II marches on Loja with Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
May(?) 10(?), 1486 - Illora - Conquest of Illora
June 15(?), 1486 - Illora - The Catholic Monarchs arrive at Illora. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is there to receive them. He is named Alcalde of Íllora with the mission of fomenting the dissensions between Boadbil, who was supported by the Abencerrajes and El Zagal
February 14, 1489 - Portocarrero Palace, Córdoba - Marries María Manrique de Lara y Espinosa
January(?) 1(?), 1490 - Santa Fé, near Granada - Negotiations with Nazarí Boadbil for the surrender of Granada
April 1(?), 1491 - Córdoba - A large force is assembled at Córdoba to march for the final assault to Granada
April 5(?), 1491 - Montilla - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba escorts Queen Isabella to Montilla, before going to Granada
October 1(?), 1491 - Santa Fé, near Granada - Boabdil sues for peace. His delegate to Isabella and Ferdinand II is granted a 70-day truce, during which time the conditions for the surrender of Granada were to be drafted. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is one of the two selected to conduct the negotiations for Castille and Aragón
November 25, 1491 - Santa Fé, near Granada - The "Capitulations of Santa Fé" are drawn up. The moors are permitted to keep their mosques. Their courts would come under the jurisfiction of Castillian magistrates, but a guarantee was given that their laws would be respected. If they wished to go to Africa, ships would be provided for them, but those who chose to remain in Granada were allowed to follow their trades.
January 2, 1492 - Santa Fé, near Granada - A party of churchmen and knights rides from Santa Fé to Granada to take possession of the city in the name of Spain
January 6, 1492 - Granada - The Catholic Monarchs make their entry into Granada
January(?) 7(?), 1492 - Granada(?) - The Catholic Monarchs make Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba a knight commander of the Order of Santiago and give him a castle and twelve towns with 1,000 vassals. He is also presented with a magnificent armoury and several rich gifts from the moorish palaces, and granted the silk tax from the mulberry farms around Granada, which assures him an annual income of some 600 ducats. He retained Illora, Santaella and various offices and posts and rents formely his in the city of Córdoba. At the end of the war, Fernández de Córdoba had learned important lessons by seeing the skill of the swiss infantry, the agility and dexterity of english archers, the technique of flemish, german and french gunners. After the Fall of Granada, he stays with the Court
June 1(?), 1492 - Guadalupe, E. of Cáceres, Spain - With the Court at Guadalupe
August 1(?), 1492 - Córdoba - The Court goes into mouring for the Marqués of Cádiz
January(?) 1(?), 1455 - (While in Córdoba) - His father, Don Pedro Fernández de Córdoba, Count of Aguilar, dies in bed in Toledo
May 21, 1455 - Córdoba - King Henry IV of Castille marries Joan of Portugal. Festivities in the streets
January(?) 1(?), 1467 - Arévalo, Castille - Accompanied by his tutor, Don Diego, Gonzalo sets out for Castille and the court of young Prince Alfonso
August 20, 1467 - Olmedo, Valladolid, Spain - Second Battle of Olmedo - 12-year-old Gonzalo rides to battle with young Prince Alfonso
June 30, 1468 - Cardeñosa, near Ávila - Prince Alfonso's court moves from Arévalo, where plague had broken out, to Cardeñosa
July 5, 1468 - Cardeñosa - Alfonso, Prince of Asturias dies, aged only 14
July 15(?), 1468 - Ávila - After Prince Alfonso's funeral in Arévalo, the court moves to Ávila to decide the next move
January(?) 1(?), 1469(?) - Valladolid - Enters the service of Prince Alfonso's sister, Isabella of Castille
October 19, 1469 - Valladolid - Isabella of Castille marries Ferdinand of Aragon
January(?) 1(?), 1470 - Córdoba - At a moment when Gonzalo and his brother are upset with each other, Gonzalo starts living in the House of the Knights of Calatrava, in Córdoba
January(?) 1(?), 1472(?) - Montilla, SW of Córdoba, Spain - Fernández de Córdoba saves a girl from abduction, leaving one dead in the street, another severely wounded and a third who escaped. A street was named after him in Montilla after that day =(START)
January(?) 1(?), 1473 - Valladolid - Fernández de Córdoba leaves Court. According to some authors, there was a love affair between him and Isabella, and possibly, Ferdinand, out of jealousy, sent him away
January(?) 1(?), 1474 - Córdoba - Fernández de Córdoba is elected as on of the 24 who administered the affairs of the City of Córdoba
March(?) 25(?), 1474 - Córdoba - Disorders break out in Córdoba during Holy Week. Catholics attack the "new christians" (converted jews) in the City
September 18, 1474 - Córdoba(?) - Marries his cousin Isabel de Montemayor. The bride had a dowry of 100,000 "maravedís" and Gonzalo is offered (by his brother) the town of Santaella, west of Montilla, as a wedding gift
May(?) 1(?), 1475(?) - Santaella, W of Montilla - The Count of Cabra, his cousin and enemy, attacks Santaella by surprise, and Gonzalo is taken to Cabra as a prisoner =(catholicmonarchsflag)
July(?) 1(?), 1475(?) - Santaella, W of Montilla - After two months arrested in Cabra, Fernández de Córdoba hears that his wife, Isabel de Montemayor, had died in giving birth to a stillborn son
December(?) 1(?), 1476 - Santaella, W of Montilla - At the end of 1476, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is released by royal requirement
November(?) 10(?), 1478 - Córdoba - The catholic Monarchs go to Córdoba and meet Fernández de Córdoba after 5 years since he had left the Court
February 24, 1479 - Proserpina Dam, Mérida - Battle of La Albuera - Castillian victory. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba has his "battle baptism"
September 4, 1479 - (While in Córdoba) - The Treaty of Alcaçovas puts an end to the war with the portuguese
December 25, 1481 - (While in Córdoba) - During Christmas, the King of Granada rides to Zahara, a cliff fortress between Cadiz and Gibraltar. The defenders are cut down and the entire populace driven the 150 miles through rain, floods and mountain passes to slavery in Granada. Shock and humiliation is felt through all provinces of Spain
February 25, 1482 - (While out of Córdoba) - Don Rodrigo de Ponce sets out from Córdoba with 3,000 horse and 4,000 foot
February 27, 1482 - (While out of Córdoba) - Don Rodrigo de Ponce takes the city of Alhama, between Granada and Antequera
March 5, 1482 - (While out of Córdoba) - The King of Granada blockades Alhama with 53,000 men from Granada
March 10(?), 1482 - near Alhama - Fernández de Córdoba and his brother are threatened of being cut to pieces if they tried to enter in Alhama with their troops. They turn back and wait in the mountain passes for a relieving force from all Southwest of Spain
March 15(?), 1482 - Alhama - King Ferdinand arrives at the front of 45,000 men. The muslims decide to withraw to Granada
April 15, 1482 - Córdoba - The Captains and nobles meet the Catholic Kings to decide upon a plan of Campaign
May(?) 1(?), 1482 - Loja - Failed Attack to Loja. The moors pursue the christians until they retreat to Córdoba
March 1(?), 1483 - Antequera - Participates in the assault to Antequera
April 21, 1483 - Lucena - While resting at Montilla, Gonzalo is warned that the moors were attacking Lucena. He rides at once against them with 1,500 men - Battle of Lucena - Ibrahim Aliatar is killed, 5000 killed including the cream of the Moorish cavalry. King Muhammad XII (Boadbil) is taken prisoner, and the news are sent to the Catholic Kings. Boadbil is closed in Porcuna, Jaén
June 30, 1483 - Tájara - Siege of Tájara, after receiving orders from King Ferdinand II. The city is taken by Fernandez de Cordoba, showing great knowledge of siege engineering and using his Arabic skills to speak with the commander and Alcalde. By this time, the troops under his command had a great affection for him
July 18, 1483 - Montefrío - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba puts siege to Montefrío
July 25, 1483 - Montefrío - Conquest of Montefrío
December(?) 1(?), 1485 - Córdoba(?) - After Tájara, Fernández de Córdoba is promoted to Cavalry Captain. By the end of 1485, he commanded on of the flanks of the main castillian army
May 1(?), 1486 - Loja - Accusing Boabdil of breaking the two-year truce and being allied with El Zagal, Ferdinand II marches on Loja with Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
May(?) 10(?), 1486 - Illora - Conquest of Illora
June 15(?), 1486 - Illora - The Catholic Monarchs arrive at Illora. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is there to receive them. He is named Alcalde of Íllora with the mission of fomenting the dissensions between Boadbil, who was supported by the Abencerrajes and El Zagal
February 14, 1489 - Portocarrero Palace, Córdoba - Marries María Manrique de Lara y Espinosa
January(?) 1(?), 1490 - Santa Fé, near Granada - Negotiations with Nazarí Boadbil for the surrender of Granada
April 1(?), 1491 - Córdoba - A large force is assembled at Córdoba to march for the final assault to Granada
April 5(?), 1491 - Montilla - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba escorts Queen Isabella to Montilla, before going to Granada
October 1(?), 1491 - Santa Fé, near Granada - Boabdil sues for peace. His delegate to Isabella and Ferdinand II is granted a 70-day truce, during which time the conditions for the surrender of Granada were to be drafted. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is one of the two selected to conduct the negotiations for Castille and Aragón
November 25, 1491 - Santa Fé, near Granada - The "Capitulations of Santa Fé" are drawn up. The moors are permitted to keep their mosques. Their courts would come under the jurisfiction of Castillian magistrates, but a guarantee was given that their laws would be respected. If they wished to go to Africa, ships would be provided for them, but those who chose to remain in Granada were allowed to follow their trades.
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| Fall of Granada, January 2, 1492 |
January 6, 1492 - Granada - The Catholic Monarchs make their entry into Granada
January(?) 7(?), 1492 - Granada(?) - The Catholic Monarchs make Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba a knight commander of the Order of Santiago and give him a castle and twelve towns with 1,000 vassals. He is also presented with a magnificent armoury and several rich gifts from the moorish palaces, and granted the silk tax from the mulberry farms around Granada, which assures him an annual income of some 600 ducats. He retained Illora, Santaella and various offices and posts and rents formely his in the city of Córdoba. At the end of the war, Fernández de Córdoba had learned important lessons by seeing the skill of the swiss infantry, the agility and dexterity of english archers, the technique of flemish, german and french gunners. After the Fall of Granada, he stays with the Court
June 1(?), 1492 - Guadalupe, E. of Cáceres, Spain - With the Court at Guadalupe
August 1(?), 1492 - Córdoba - The Court goes into mouring for the Marqués of Cádiz
April 16, 1493 - Barcelona - The Catholic Monarchs give Columbus a ceremonious welcome and listen (as Fernández de Córdoba does) to his account of his voyage
August 1(?), 1493 - Melilla (Coast of Morocco) - Commands a ship to escort Boabdil to Melilla, who proceeds into exile in Fez, Morocco
February 28, 1495 - Cartagena | Alicante - Signs three "I owe you's" for over 1 million "maravedís" borrowed from his brother Alonso
March 30, 1495 - Cartagena | Alicante - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba departs to Sicily, with 60 ships, 6000 soldiers and 700 knights
August 1(?), 1493 - Melilla (Coast of Morocco) - Commands a ship to escort Boabdil to Melilla, who proceeds into exile in Fez, Morocco
February 28, 1495 - Cartagena | Alicante - Signs three "I owe you's" for over 1 million "maravedís" borrowed from his brother Alonso
March 30, 1495 - Cartagena | Alicante - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba departs to Sicily, with 60 ships, 6000 soldiers and 700 knights
May 24, 1495 - Messina, Sicily - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba arrives in the port of Messina
May 26, 1495 - Calabria, Kingdom of Naples - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba crosses to mainland Italy
June 28, 1495 - Seminara, Kingdom of Naples - Battle of Seminara - French Victory. The defeat makes Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba invent the mixed "pike and shot army" (which would be invencible until 1643)
July(?) 1(?), 1495 - Reggio Calabria - Fernández de Córdoba falls back to Reggio Calabria
July 23, 1496 - Atella, Basilicata - Spanish forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba capture Atella after a siege. Among the prisoners is the French viceroy of Naples, the Comte de Montpensier. Ferdinand II of Naples is restored to his throne and Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba begins being called "the Great Captain"
October 7, 1496 - (While in the Kingdom of Naples) - Ferdinand of Naples dies
February 15(?), 1497 - Rome, Italy - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba arrives in Rome
February 18(?), 1497 - Rome - After three days in Rome, he departs to besiege Ostia
March 15, 1497 - Ostia - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba defeats a lingering french garrison in Ostia
March(?) 20(?), 1497 - Rome, Italy - Stays at Rome for a few days in special proximity with fellow spaniard, Pope Alexander VI
May 1(?), 1497 - Rocca Guillermo, near River Garellano - On his march back to Naples, he takes Rocca Guillermo, a fortress on the river Garellano, defended by Andrea Doria
May 5(?), 1497 - (While in Naples) - Ferdinand and Isabella write from Burgos, congratulating "our captain general in the Kingdom of Naples" on the completion of his task and ordering him to return to Spain
June 1(?), 1497 - (While in Naples) - Secret Letter from Ferdinand II, a letter that delays his return to Spain as troops begin sailing home. For another year, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba stays in Naples and Sicily resolving postwar problems, attending council meetings and seeing to the fortifications of cities, towns and castles on the coast
August(?) 1(?), 1498 - Sicily - Departs to Spain in the "Summer"
September(?) 1(?), 1498(?) - Zaragoza - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba arrives in Spain and goes directly to Zaragoza, where he is met by nobles, prelates, courtiers and a great multitude who escorts him to the palace where King Ferdinand was waiting for him. He is embraced and praised by both Catholic Monarchs
October(?) 1(?), 1498(?) - Illora - In Illora until the summer of 1500
January 10, 1500 - (While in Illora) - The Catholic Monarchs write Fernández de Córdoba asking why he was delaying his departure for Sicily with an armada prepared to assist the Pope and the Venetians against the Turks
March 8, 1500 - Huejar - Fall of Huejar - King Ferdinand sends instructions that the entire garrison was to be put to the sword, the women and children sold as slaves in Granada, and the attacking army left free to pillage
March 18, 1500 - Lanjarón - King Ferdinand personally leads the assault to Lanjarón. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba asks to make 33 hostages, but can't do anything as the rest has the same destiny as the garrison of Huejar
June 4, 1500 - Málaga - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba departs to Sicily with 57 ships
June 21, 1500 - Palma de Mallorca - The Great Captain with his men walk in the Blessed Sacrament procession at Palma
July 18, 1500 - Messina - Fernández de Córdoba and the fleet attive in Messina, but this time the sicilians refuse to quarter the troops
August 17, 1500 - Messina - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba offers his forces to aid Venice
September 1(?), 1500 - Messina - An ambassador from Pope Alexander VI brings Gonzalo a letter asking him to proceed with the armada to join forces with the venetians against the turks, who were ready to sail up the Adriatic to attack Venice
September 27, 1500 - Messina - Departs for the western coasts of Greece, where the turkish squadrons were lying
October 2, 1500 - Corfu, Greece - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba reaches Corfu
November 8, 1500 - Island of Cephalonia - Spanish-Venetian forces put siege to the castle of St.George in Cephalonia
December 24, 1500 - Island of Cephalonia - The spanish-venetian forces capture the turkish stronghold of Cephalonia
January 7, 1501 - Sicily - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba returns to Sicily with the fleet
March 1(?), 1501 - Kingdom of Naples - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba penetrates into the Kingdom of Naples by the south
March 1, 1502 - Taranto, Italy - Taranto surrenders to Fernández de Córdoba (Both french and spanish occupy their part of the Kingdom of Naples)
June 22, 1502 - Naples(?) - Meeting with the Duke of Nemours
September 13, 1502 - (While in Naples(?) - King Ferdinand declares WAR against France!
February 21, 1503 - Barletta - Receives a letter from King Ferdinand
February 23, 1503 - Ruvo, Apulia - Battle of Ruvo - Spanish victory
April 28, 1503 - Cerignola, Apulia - Battle of Cerignola - Decisive Spanish Victory (The first battle won mostly by firearms)
May 16, 1503 - Naples - Triumphal entry into Naples
December 28, 1503 - Near Gaeta, Italy - Battle of Garigliano - Decisive spanish victory in the last battle commanded by Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, the "Great Captain", but his legacy endured until 1643
January 1, 1504 - Gaeta, Italy - The fortress of Gaeta surrenders to Fernández de Córdoba
January 5(?), 1504 - Naples - The Spanish army returns to Naples
March 2, 1504 - Castelnuovo, Naples - Receives a letter from the Catholic Monarchs about the general political guidelines to follow in Naples, specially the help to the Pope against Cesare Borgia
April(?) 1(?), 1504 - Castelnuovo, Naples(?) - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is appointed Viceroy of Naples
July 20, 1504 - Naples(?) - Letter to the Catholic Monarchs, asking to be relieved of his post
January 1, 1505 - Naples - Receives the news of the death of the Queen, which he had known since 1467 - "incredible sadness and weeping"
November 7, 1506 - Naples - King Ferdinand arrives in Naples =(crossofburgundyflag)
February 25, 1507 - Naples(?) - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is dismissed as Viceroy of Naples
August(?) 1(?), 1507 - Valencia - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba returns to Spain
July 15, 1508 - Appointed Governor of Loja
November 1(?), 1509 - Loja, Granada - Departs in pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, wearing his knight commander of Santiago cloak
January 1(?), 1510 - Santiago de Compostela - Falls ill
April 11, 1512 - (While in Loja, Granada) - The spanish are defeated by the Duke of Nemours in Italy
June(?) 1(?), 1512 - Burgos - Fernández de Córdoba accepts the command of spanish forces in Italy again. Arrives in Burgos to discuss details of his third expedition
July(?) 1(?), 1512 - Córdoba - Arrives in Córdoba to recruit soldiers
October 1(?), 1512 - Loja, Granada - As the situation in Italy calms down, King Ferdinand cancels the expedition and the soldiers return home. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba returns to Loja a broken man
May 26, 1495 - Calabria, Kingdom of Naples - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba crosses to mainland Italy
June 28, 1495 - Seminara, Kingdom of Naples - Battle of Seminara - French Victory. The defeat makes Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba invent the mixed "pike and shot army" (which would be invencible until 1643)
July(?) 1(?), 1495 - Reggio Calabria - Fernández de Córdoba falls back to Reggio Calabria
July 23, 1496 - Atella, Basilicata - Spanish forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba capture Atella after a siege. Among the prisoners is the French viceroy of Naples, the Comte de Montpensier. Ferdinand II of Naples is restored to his throne and Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba begins being called "the Great Captain"
October 7, 1496 - (While in the Kingdom of Naples) - Ferdinand of Naples dies
February 15(?), 1497 - Rome, Italy - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba arrives in Rome
February 18(?), 1497 - Rome - After three days in Rome, he departs to besiege Ostia
March 15, 1497 - Ostia - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba defeats a lingering french garrison in Ostia
March(?) 20(?), 1497 - Rome, Italy - Stays at Rome for a few days in special proximity with fellow spaniard, Pope Alexander VI
May 1(?), 1497 - Rocca Guillermo, near River Garellano - On his march back to Naples, he takes Rocca Guillermo, a fortress on the river Garellano, defended by Andrea Doria
May 5(?), 1497 - (While in Naples) - Ferdinand and Isabella write from Burgos, congratulating "our captain general in the Kingdom of Naples" on the completion of his task and ordering him to return to Spain
June 1(?), 1497 - (While in Naples) - Secret Letter from Ferdinand II, a letter that delays his return to Spain as troops begin sailing home. For another year, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba stays in Naples and Sicily resolving postwar problems, attending council meetings and seeing to the fortifications of cities, towns and castles on the coast
August(?) 1(?), 1498 - Sicily - Departs to Spain in the "Summer"
September(?) 1(?), 1498(?) - Zaragoza - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba arrives in Spain and goes directly to Zaragoza, where he is met by nobles, prelates, courtiers and a great multitude who escorts him to the palace where King Ferdinand was waiting for him. He is embraced and praised by both Catholic Monarchs
October(?) 1(?), 1498(?) - Illora - In Illora until the summer of 1500
January 10, 1500 - (While in Illora) - The Catholic Monarchs write Fernández de Córdoba asking why he was delaying his departure for Sicily with an armada prepared to assist the Pope and the Venetians against the Turks
March 8, 1500 - Huejar - Fall of Huejar - King Ferdinand sends instructions that the entire garrison was to be put to the sword, the women and children sold as slaves in Granada, and the attacking army left free to pillage
March 18, 1500 - Lanjarón - King Ferdinand personally leads the assault to Lanjarón. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba asks to make 33 hostages, but can't do anything as the rest has the same destiny as the garrison of Huejar
June 4, 1500 - Málaga - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba departs to Sicily with 57 ships
June 21, 1500 - Palma de Mallorca - The Great Captain with his men walk in the Blessed Sacrament procession at Palma
July 18, 1500 - Messina - Fernández de Córdoba and the fleet attive in Messina, but this time the sicilians refuse to quarter the troops
August 17, 1500 - Messina - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba offers his forces to aid Venice
September 1(?), 1500 - Messina - An ambassador from Pope Alexander VI brings Gonzalo a letter asking him to proceed with the armada to join forces with the venetians against the turks, who were ready to sail up the Adriatic to attack Venice
September 27, 1500 - Messina - Departs for the western coasts of Greece, where the turkish squadrons were lying
October 2, 1500 - Corfu, Greece - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba reaches Corfu
November 8, 1500 - Island of Cephalonia - Spanish-Venetian forces put siege to the castle of St.George in Cephalonia
December 24, 1500 - Island of Cephalonia - The spanish-venetian forces capture the turkish stronghold of Cephalonia
January 7, 1501 - Sicily - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba returns to Sicily with the fleet
March 1(?), 1501 - Kingdom of Naples - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba penetrates into the Kingdom of Naples by the south
March 1, 1502 - Taranto, Italy - Taranto surrenders to Fernández de Córdoba (Both french and spanish occupy their part of the Kingdom of Naples)
June 22, 1502 - Naples(?) - Meeting with the Duke of Nemours
September 13, 1502 - (While in Naples(?) - King Ferdinand declares WAR against France!
February 21, 1503 - Barletta - Receives a letter from King Ferdinand
February 23, 1503 - Ruvo, Apulia - Battle of Ruvo - Spanish victory
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| Battle of Cerignola, April 28, 1503 |
May 16, 1503 - Naples - Triumphal entry into Naples
December 28, 1503 - Near Gaeta, Italy - Battle of Garigliano - Decisive spanish victory in the last battle commanded by Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, the "Great Captain", but his legacy endured until 1643
January 1, 1504 - Gaeta, Italy - The fortress of Gaeta surrenders to Fernández de Córdoba
January 5(?), 1504 - Naples - The Spanish army returns to Naples
March 2, 1504 - Castelnuovo, Naples - Receives a letter from the Catholic Monarchs about the general political guidelines to follow in Naples, specially the help to the Pope against Cesare Borgia
April(?) 1(?), 1504 - Castelnuovo, Naples(?) - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is appointed Viceroy of Naples
July 20, 1504 - Naples(?) - Letter to the Catholic Monarchs, asking to be relieved of his post
January 1, 1505 - Naples - Receives the news of the death of the Queen, which he had known since 1467 - "incredible sadness and weeping"
November 7, 1506 - Naples - King Ferdinand arrives in Naples =(crossofburgundyflag)
February 25, 1507 - Naples(?) - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba is dismissed as Viceroy of Naples
August(?) 1(?), 1507 - Valencia - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba returns to Spain
July 15, 1508 - Appointed Governor of Loja
November 1(?), 1509 - Loja, Granada - Departs in pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, wearing his knight commander of Santiago cloak
January 1(?), 1510 - Santiago de Compostela - Falls ill
April 11, 1512 - (While in Loja, Granada) - The spanish are defeated by the Duke of Nemours in Italy
June(?) 1(?), 1512 - Burgos - Fernández de Córdoba accepts the command of spanish forces in Italy again. Arrives in Burgos to discuss details of his third expedition
July(?) 1(?), 1512 - Córdoba - Arrives in Córdoba to recruit soldiers
October 1(?), 1512 - Loja, Granada - As the situation in Italy calms down, King Ferdinand cancels the expedition and the soldiers return home. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba returns to Loja a broken man
January(?) 1(?), 1514 - Bragança, Portugal(?) - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba visits Lopo de Sousa, "Alcaide"(*) of Bragança. In farewell, he offers a sword with gold details to his 14-year-old son, Martim Afonso de Sousa, future Governor of Portuguese India, who is so impressed with him that he decides to follow in the Spanish captain's footsteps for his future.
(*) Alcaide - Magistrate or Mayor of a portuguese town
August(?) 1(?), 1515 - Loja, Granada - Feeling sick, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba retires to Loja, Granada
November 30, 1515 - Granada - Sensing his end near, he goes to Granada to dictate a correction to his Last Will and Testament
December 2, 1515 - Granada - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba dies of malaria, aged 62 =(END)
August(?) 1(?), 1515 - Loja, Granada - Feeling sick, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba retires to Loja, Granada
November 30, 1515 - Granada - Sensing his end near, he goes to Granada to dictate a correction to his Last Will and Testament
December 2, 1515 - Granada - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba dies of malaria, aged 62 =(END)
Bibliography
PURCELL, Mary - "The great captain: Fernández de Córdoba", 1962
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