Great lives from history. The Renaissance & early modern era, 1454-1600. V.2. 1530s-1600 1587652145, 1587652153, 1587652161, 2004028878

Table of contents :
Keyword List of Contents
List of Maps, Tables, and Sidebars
Maps of the Renaissance & Early Modern Era
1530’s (continued)
1534-1535, Ottomans Claim Sovereignty over Mesopotamia
April 20, 1534-July, 1543, Cartier and Roberval Search for a Northwest Passage
August 15, 1534, Founding of the Jesuit Order
December 18, 1534, Act of Supremacy
December 23, 1534-1540, Parmigianino Paints Madonna with the Long Neck
July, 1535-March, 1540, Henry VIII Dissolves the Monasteries
1536, Turkish Capitulations Begin
1536 and 1543, Acts of Union Between England and Wales
March, 1536, Calvin Publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
October, 1536-June, 1537, Pilgrimage of Grace
1537, Pope Paul III Declares Rights of New World Peoples
September 27-28, 1538, Battle of Preveza
1539, Jiajing Threatens Vietnam
May, 1539, Six Articles of Henry VIII
May 28, 1539-September 10, 1543, De Soto’s North American Expedition
1540’s
1540-1545, Sher Shah Sur Becomes Emperor of Delhi
February 23, 1540-October, 1542, Coronado’s Southwest Expedition
October 20-27, 1541, Holy Roman Empire Attacks Ottomans in Algiers
1542-1543, The New Laws of Spain
June 27, 1542-c. 1600, Spain Explores Alta California
July 15, 1542-1559, Paul III Establishes the Index of Prohibited Books
1543, Copernicus Publishes De Revolutionibus
1543, Vesalius Publishes On the Fabric of the Human Body
Autumn, 1543, Europeans Begin Trade with Japan
1544-1628, Anglo-French Wars
1545-1548, Silver Is Discovered in Spanish America
1545-1563, Council of Trent
February 27, 1545, Battle of Ancrum Moor
1546, Fracastoro Discovers That Contagion Spreads Disease
January 16, 1547, Coronation of Ivan the Terrible
January 28, 1547-July 6, 1553, Reign of Edward VI
1548-1600, Siamese-Burmese Wars
1549, Kett’s Rebellion
1549-1552, Father Xavier Introduces Christianity to Japan
1549-1570’s, La Pleiade Promotes French Poetry
Mid-16th century, Development of the Caracole Maneuver
1550’s
1550’s, Tartaglia Publishes The New Science
1550’s-1567, Japanese Pirates Pillage the Chinese Coast
1550’s-c. 1600, Educational Reforms in Europe
1550-1571, Mongols Raid Beijing
1550-1593, Japanese Wars of Unification
January-May, 1551, The Stoglav Convenes
1552, Las Casas Publishes The Tears of the Indians
1552, Struggle for the Strait of Hormuz
1553, Servetus Describes the Circulatory System
July, 1553, Coronation of Mary Tudor
September, 1553, First Battle of Kawanakajima
January 25-February 7, 1554, Wyatt’s Rebellion
1555-1556, Charles V Abdicates
September 25, 1555, Peace of Augsburg
1556-1605, Reign of Akbar
January 23, 1556, Earthquake in China Kills Thousands
Summer, 1556, Ivan the Terrible Annexes Astrakhan
1557-1582, Livonian War
1558-1593, Burmese-Laotian Wars
1558-1603, Reign of Elizabeth 1
January 1-8, 1558, France Regains Calais from England
1559- 1561, Suleyman’s Sons Wage Civil War
April 3, 1559, Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis
May, 1559-August, 1561, Scottish Reformation
1560’s
c. 1560’s, Invention of the “Lead” Pencil
April or May, 1560, Publication of the Geneva Bible
June 12, 1560, Battle of Okehazama
March, 1562-May 2, 1598, French Wars of Religion
1563-1584, Construction of the Escorial
January, 1563, Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England
January 20, 1564, Peace of Troyes
June, 1564, Tintoretto Paints for the Scuola di San Rocco
1565, Spain Seizes the Philippines
May 18-September 8, 1565, Siege of Malta
September, 1565, St. Augustine Is Founded
1566-1574, Reign of Selim II
July 22, 1566, Pius V Expels the Prostitutes from Rome
1567, Palestrina Publishes the Pope Marcellus Mass
1567-1572, Reign of Longqing
July 29, 1567, James VI Becomes King of Scotland
1568, Oda Nobunaga Seizes Kyoto
c. 1568-1571. Ottoman-Russian War
1568-1648, Dutch Wars of Independence
February 23, 1568, Fall of Chitor
1569, Mercator Publishes His World Map
November 9, 1569, Rebellion of the Northern Earls
1570’s
February 25, 1570, Pius V Excommunicates Elizabeth I
July, 1570-August, 1571, Siege of Famagusta and Fall of Cyprus
October 7, 1571, Battle of Lepanto
1572-1574, Tycho Brahe Observes a Supernova
August 24-25, 1572, St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
1573-1620, Reign of Wanli
1574-1595, Reign of Murad III
Mid-1570’s, Powhatan Confederacy Is Founded
1575, Tallis and Byrd Publish Cantiones Sacrae
March 3, 1575, Mughal Conquest of Bengal
November, 1575, Stephen Bathory Becomes King of Poland
1576, James Burbage Builds The Theatre
1576-1612, Reign of Rudolf II
June 7, 1576-July, 1578, Frobisher’s Voyages
1577, Ram Das Founds Amritsar
1578, First Dalai Lama Becomes Buddhist Spiritual Leader
1578-1590, The Battle for Tabriz
August 4, 1578, Battle of Ksar el-Kebir
June 17, 1579, Drake Lands in Northern California
1580’s
1580’s-1590’s, Galileo Conducts His Early Experiments
1580-1581, Spain Annexes Portugal
1580-1587, Rebellions in Bihar and Bengal
1580-1595, Montaigne Publishes His Essays
c. 1580-c. 1600, Siamese-Cambodian Wars
1581-1597, Cossacks Seize Sibir
July 26, 1581, The United Provinces Declare Independence from Spain
1582, Gregory XIII Reforms the Calendar
July 21, 1582, Battle of the Tobol River
1583-1600, Bruno’s Theory of the Infinite Universe
1583-1610, Matteo Ricci Travels to Beijing
1584-1613, Russia’s Time of Troubles
July 4, 1584-1590, Lost Colony of Roanoke
July 7, 1585-December 23, 1588, War of the Three Henrys
September 14, 1585-July 27, 1586, Drake’s Expedition to the West Indies
February, 1586, Annexation of Kashmir
1587, Toyotomi Hideyoshi Hosts a Ten-Day Tea Ceremony
1587-1629, Reign of cAbbas the Great
April, 1587-c. 1600, Anglo-Spanish War
1588-1602. Rise of the English Madrigal
July 31-August 8, 1588, Defeat of the Spanish Armada
1589, Russian Patriarchate Is Established
1589, Second Janissary Revolt in Constantinople
c. 1589-1613, Shakespeare Writes His Dramas
August 2, 1589, Henry IV Ascends the Throne of France
1590’s
1590’s, Birth of Opera
1590, Odawara Campaign
1591, Fall of the Songhai Empire
1592, Publication of Wu Chengen’s The Journey to the West
1592-1599, Japan Invades Korea
1593-1606, Ottoman-Austrian War
1594-1595, Taiko Kenchi Survey
1594-1600, King Michael’s Uprising
1596, Ralegh Arrives in Guiana
October, 1596-February, 1597, San Felipe Incident
1597-September, 1601, Tyrone Rebellion
October 31, 1597, John Dowland Publishes Ayres
1598, Astrakhanid Dynasty Is Established
January, 1598-February, 1599, Onate’s New Mexico Expedition
April 13, 1598, Edict of Nantes
May 2, 1598, Treaty of Vervins
December, 1598-May, 1599, The Globe Theatre Is Built
1599, Castrati Sing in the Sistine Chapel Choir
1600, William Gilbert Publishes De Magnete
October 21, 1600, Battle of Sekigahara
December 31, 1600, Elizabeth I Charters the East India Company
Appendices
Time Line
Glossary
Bibliography
Electronic Resources
Chronological List of Entries
Geographical Index
Category Index
Indexes
Personages Index
Subject Index