| 10/11/1483 - 18/02/1546 |
(-49.7) - 12.6 |
Life of Martin Luther |
Personalities |
| 10/07/1509 - 27/05/1564 |
(-24.0) - 30.9 |
Life of Johannes Calvin |
Personalities |
| 1535 - 1542 |
2.0 - 9.0 |
Act of Union 1535 |
Great Britain |
| CA 1540 - 28/01/1596 |
7.0 - 62.6 |
Life of Sir Francis Drake |
Personalities |
| 23/02/1556 |
22.7 |
The deadliest earthquake on record: Shaanxi earthquake ('Jiajing earthquake') |
Disasters |
| 17/11/1558 - CA 1575 |
25.4 - 42.0 |
Queen of England: Elizabeth I |
Great Britain |
| 1562 |
29.0 |
Start of the Huguenot Wars |
France |
| 15/02/1564 - 08/01/1642 |
30.6 - 108.6 |
Life of Galileo Galilei |
Personalities |
| 1565 |
32.0 |
Founding of St. Augustine |
USA |
| 26/07/1572 - 02/08/1572 |
39.1 |
Battle of Molodi |
Russia |
| 26/07/1581 |
48.1 |
Declaration of independence by the provinces of the Netherlands |
Netherlands |
| 13/04/1598 |
64.8 |
Edict of Nantes |
France |
| 31/12/1600 |
67.5 |
Establishment of the British East India Company |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| CA 1601 |
68.0 |
William Gilbert discovers electricity |
Technology |
| 1606 |
73.0 |
Discovery of Australia |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| 23/05/1618 - 24/10/1648 |
84.9 - 115.4 |
Thirty Years' War |
Germany |
| 1618 - 1648 |
85.0 - 115.1 |
Thirty Years' War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1620 |
87.0 |
Voyage of the Mayflower, puritan 'Pilgrims' establish Plymouth (Massachusetts) |
USA |
| 1623 |
90.0 |
Start of construction of Versailles Palace |
Monuments |
| 1626 |
93.0 |
French settlement in Senegal |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| 25/12/1642 - 20/03/1726 |
109.5 - 192.8 |
Life of Isaac Newton |
Personalities |
M Gérard Andreu
Sébastienne Bastienne Andreu
Birth