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    1570 Ivan the Terrible starts the massacre of Novgorod

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    January 11-May 6 - First recorded lottery in England performed nonstop at the west door of the St. Paul's Cathedral. Each share costs 10 shillings and proceeds are used to repair the harbors and for other public works

    April 10 - Emilia of Nassau, daughter of William the Silent (died 1629)
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    Henry Wotton born

    Roger Ascham died
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    The Rugby School, one of the oldest public schools in England, is founded.

    Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain

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    Pope Pius V succeeds Pope Pius IV as the 225th pope.
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    The Great Siege of Malta

    Miles Coverdale died (possibly)
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    Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death.

    Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain

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    (I think that rule still applies in Bristol, Pa)

    1563

    Martynas Mazvydas dies

    Jodocus Hondius born
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    January - June
    * January 6 - Earl of Tyrone ends his first rebellion by surrendering to Queen Elizabeth I of England
    * January 17 - Huguenots were recognized under the Edict of Saint-Germain
    * March 1 - Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by the ultra-Catholic Francis, Duke of Guise in Wassy-sur-Blaise marking the start of the First War of Religion in France. Protestant forces led by Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and Gaspard de Coligny quickly seize control of Orleans, Rouen, and other cities throughout France.
    * May 1 Jean Ribault, French navigator, lands in Florida and later establishes a Huguenot colony at Charlesfort
    * May 26 - Earl of Tyrone leads a second rebellion in Ireland

    July - December
    * September 20 - English forces under Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, land in Newhaven (Le Havre) to aid the Huguenots.
    * September 22 - Maximilian, son of the Emperor Ferdinand I, succeeds as King of Bohemia.
    * October 26 - Rouen is captured by Royalist forces under Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre, who is mortally wounded.
    * November 5 - In Scotland, the rebellion of George Gordon, Earl of Huntly is crushed by James Stewart, Earl of Moray at Corrichie.
    * November 20 - Maximilian of Bohemia is elected King of the Romans.
    * December 19 - Battle of Dreux. An indecisive battle between Huguenots forces under Condé and Coligny, and Catholic forces under Anne de Montmorency and Guise. The official leaders of both armies (Condé and Montmorency) are captured in the battle.

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    * Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. The expedition goes between Guinea and the West Indies.
    * French Huguenots establish a colony of Charlesfort on Parris Island of the coast of South Carolina.
    * Gresham's School granted a Royal Charter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Whifflingpin View Post
    (I think that rule still applies in Bristol, Pa)
    You're dead if you kiss someone in public??? Oh dear...

    1561

    Madrid is declared the capital of Spain by Philip II


    Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome

    Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain

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    July 6 - Treaty of Edinburgh between England, France and Scotland.

    Elizabeth Bathory born

    Philip Melanchthon dies
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    Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey.


    Elizabeth I establishes the Church of England, with the Act of Uniformity 1559 and the Act of Supremacy 1559.

    Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain

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    England's Queen Mary I dies and Elizabeth I succeeds her

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    Mary I of England joins her husband Philip II of Spain in his war against France.
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    The Shaanxi Earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China: 830,000 people may have been killed.

    Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain

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