Nov 10, 1483 - Feb 18, 1546 | (-42.7) - 19.6 | Life of Martin Luther | Personalities |
Jul 10, 1509 - May 27, 1564 | (-17.0) - 37.9 | Life of Johannes Calvin | Personalities |
May 6, 1527 - Jun 7, 1527 | 0.8 - 0.9 | 'Sack of Rome' | Italy |
1535 - 1542 | 9.0 - 16.0 | Act of Union 1535 | Great Britain |
CA 1540 - Jan 28, 1596 | 14.0 - 69.6 | Life of Sir Francis Drake | Personalities |
Feb 23, 1556 | 29.6 | The deadliest earthquake on record: Shaanxi earthquake ('Jiajing earthquake') | Disasters |
Nov 17, 1558 - CA 1575 | 32.4 - 49.0 | Queen of England: Elizabeth I | Great Britain |
1562 | 36.0 | Start of the Huguenot Wars | France |
Feb 15, 1564 - Jan 8, 1642 | 37.6 - 115.6 | Life of Galileo Galilei | Personalities |
1565 | 39.0 | Founding of St. Augustine | USA |
Jul 26, 1572 - Aug 2, 1572 | 46.1 | Battle of Molodi | Russia |
Apr 13, 1598 | 71.8 | Edict of Nantes | France |
Dec 31, 1600 | 74.5 | Establishment of the British East India Company | Discoveries & Colonization |
CA 1601 | 75.0 | William Gilbert discovers electricity | Technology |
1606 | 80.0 | Discovery of Australia | Discoveries & Colonization |
1618 - 1648 | 92.0 - 122.0 | Thirty Years' War | Wars & Military Conflicts |
1620 | 94.0 | Voyage of the Mayflower, puritan 'Pilgrims' establish Plymouth (Massachusetts) | USA |
1623 | 97.0 | Start of construction of Versailles Palace | Monuments |