1560 to 1569

1560

x - [ITALY] The portable camera obscura allows precise tracing of an image.
x - Legalized, regulated private postal systems grow in Europe.
x - Publication of Geneva Bible, complete Old and New Testament. The first time a Bible is printed with verse divisions.

1561

x - Tulips are introduced in Europe from the Near East.

1562

x - The Wars of Religion: Catholics fight Protestants [u.1598]

1563

x - Thirty-Nine Articles drafted as a doctrinal statement by a convocation of the Church of England.
x - John Foxe's publishes Acts & Monuments ("Foxe’s Book of Martyrs"). To this day it remains the only exhaustive reference work on the persecution and martyrdom of Early Christians and Protestants from the first century up to the mid-16th century

1564

feb 15 - Galileo Galilei ?* is born.
apr - [england_1500%England] William Shakespeare ?* is born in Stratford-upon-Avon. [d.apr 23 1616]
x - The term “Puritan” first used
x - Calvin dies

1565

x - The pencil.
x - Oprichina of Ivan IV of Russia + creates a state within a state.

1566

x - Pius V + becomes pope ?+ [u.1572] [re.List of Popes]

1567

x - Francis Drake ?+ [b.1540-d.1596] is part of Sir John Hawkins slave trading mission.

1568

x - Revolt of the Netherlands. [u.1648]

Inline links found above : [Galileo Galilei ?*] [William Shakespeare ?*] [Ivan IV of Russia +] [Pius V +] [pope ?+] [List of Popes] [Francis Drake ?+] [1598] [apr 23 1616] [1572] [1540] [1596] [1648]

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