Nov 10, 1483 - Feb 18, 1546 | (-18.6) - 43.6 | Life of Martin Luther | Personalities |
Aug 22, 1485 - Apr 21, 1509 | (-16.9) - 6.8 | King of England: Henry VII | Great Britain |
May 11, 1502 - Nov 7, 1504 | (-0.1) - 2.3 | Fourth voyage of Christopher Columbus | Discoveries & Colonization |
1505 | 3.0 | Portugal starts building coastal fortifications in eastern Africa and India | Discoveries & Colonization |
Jul 10, 1509 - May 27, 1564 | 7.0 - 61.9 | Life of Johannes Calvin | Personalities |
Oct 31, 1517 | 15.3 | Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the doors of All Saint's Church in Wittenberg | World |
May 6, 1527 - Jun 7, 1527 | 24.8 - 24.9 | 'Sack of Rome' | Italy |
1535 - 1542 | 33.0 - 40.0 | Act of Union 1535 | Great Britain |
CA 1540 - Jan 28, 1596 | 38.0 - 93.6 | Life of Sir Francis Drake | Personalities |
Feb 23, 1556 | 53.6 | The deadliest earthquake on record: Shaanxi earthquake ('Jiajing earthquake') | Disasters |
Nov 17, 1558 - CA 1575 | 56.4 - 73.0 | Queen of England: Elizabeth I | Great Britain |
1562 | 60.0 | Start of the Huguenot Wars | France |
Feb 15, 1564 - Jan 8, 1642 | 61.6 - 139.6 | Life of Galileo Galilei | Personalities |
1565 | 63.0 | Founding of St. Augustine | USA |
Jul 26, 1572 - Aug 2, 1572 | 70.1 | Battle of Molodi | Russia |
Apr 13, 1598 | 95.8 | Edict of Nantes | France |
Dec 31, 1600 | 98.5 | Establishment of the British East India Company | Discoveries & Colonization |
CA 1601 | 99.0 | William Gilbert discovers electricity | Technology |