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Church orders books against papal authority burned.
1502 - 1520 Reign of last Aztec ruler, Montezuma . 1502 Persian shah executes Sunnis who refuse to accept Shiite version of Islam. 1506 Pope Julius II orders the old St Peter's Basilica torn down and authorizes Donato Bramante to plan a new structure, demolition completed in 1606. Approximately 3,000 converted Jews are slaughtered in a Lisbon riot. Michelangelo frescoes the Sistine Chapel's vaulted ceiling.