Nov 10, 1483 - Feb 18, 1546 | (-41.7) - 20.6 | Life of Martin Luther | Personalities |
Jul 10, 1509 - May 27, 1564 | (-16.0) - 38.9 | Life of Johannes Calvin | Personalities |
May 6, 1527 - Jun 7, 1527 | 1.8 - 1.9 | 'Sack of Rome' | Italy |
1535 - 1542 | 10.0 - 17.0 | Act of Union 1535 | Great Britain |
CA 1540 - Jan 28, 1596 | 15.0 - 70.6 | Life of Sir Francis Drake | Personalities |
Feb 23, 1556 | 30.6 | The deadliest earthquake on record: Shaanxi earthquake ('Jiajing earthquake') | Disasters |
Nov 17, 1558 - CA 1575 | 33.4 - 50.0 | Queen of England: Elizabeth I | Great Britain |
1562 | 37.0 | Start of the Huguenot Wars | France |
Feb 15, 1564 - Jan 8, 1642 | 38.6 - 116.6 | Life of Galileo Galilei | Personalities |
1565 | 40.0 | Founding of St. Augustine | USA |
Jul 26, 1572 - Aug 2, 1572 | 47.1 | Battle of Molodi | Russia |
Apr 13, 1598 | 72.8 | Edict of Nantes | France |
Dec 31, 1600 | 75.5 | Establishment of the British East India Company | Discoveries & Colonization |
CA 1601 | 76.0 | William Gilbert discovers electricity | Technology |
1606 | 81.0 | Discovery of Australia | Discoveries & Colonization |
1618 - 1648 | 93.0 - 123.0 | Thirty Years' War | Wars & Military Conflicts |
1620 | 95.0 | Voyage of the Mayflower, puritan 'Pilgrims' establish Plymouth (Massachusetts) | USA |
1623 | 98.0 | Start of construction of Versailles Palace | Monuments |