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signing of Mayflower Compact
Events · 1620
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Council of Trent
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The Thirty Years' War
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Dutch East Indies merchantman Batavia wreck
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Ferdinand Magellan's expedition around the world
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The Salem Witch Trials
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- 1500s · 16
Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Events · 1508
Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation
Events · 1517
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition around the world
Events · 1519
Martin Luther excommunication from the Catholic Church
Events · 1521
Tyndale's NT Bible
Events · 1526
Spain grants license for the Narváez expedition
Events · 1527
Cocoliztli Epidemic or the Great Pestilence, Mexico (5-15 million d)
Events · 1545
Council of Trent
Events · 1545
Dunkirkers launch Dutch Revolt
Events · 1568
the 'massacre of Novgorod' launched by Ivan the Terrible's oprichniki on the city
Events · 1570
Gregorian calendar goes into effect by issue of Pope Gregory XIII
Events · 1582
Gregorian calendar year 1 lasts only 355 days to reset seasons
Events · 1582
Gregorian calendar goes into effect
Events · 1582
Tsar Cannon cast
Events · 1586
The Spanish Armada
Events · 1588
Roanoke Colony found mysteriously abandoned
Events · 1590
- 1600s · 18
Huaynaputina eruption, largest recorded in S America (>1,500 d.)
Events · 1600
settling of Jamestown by John Smith
Events · 1607
the legend of Pocahontas of the Powhatan people
Events · 1608
King James Version
Events · 1611
King James Bible and the Authorized Version, first published
Events · 1611
The Thirty Years' War
Events · 1618
signing of Mayflower Compact
Events · 1620
Pilgrims establish Plymouth Colony
Events · 1620
Hungarian nobleman Gregor Baci survives for 1 year spear thru the head
Events · 1621
Dutch East Indies merchantman Batavia wreck
Events · 1629
Qing (the Great Qing)
Events · 1636
the Dutch "purchased" land on Long Island from the Lenape (or Leni Lenape) tribe
Events · 1637
Richard Fairbanks' tavern named repository for overseas mail
Events · 1639
the Battle of the Sound between an allied Dano-Norwegian–Dutch fleet and the Swedish navy
Events · 1658
first successful human blood transfusion
Events · 1667
The Salem Witch Trials
Events · 1692
the Salem witch trials
Events · 1692
Salem witch trials accuse 200+ people of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts
Events · 1692
- 1700s · 3
