| Jul 10, 1509 - May 27, 1564 |
(-41.0) - 13.9 |
Life of Johannes Calvin |
Personalities |
| CA 1540 - Jan 28, 1596 |
(-10.0) - 45.6 |
Life of Sir Francis Drake |
Personalities |
| Feb 23, 1556 |
5.7 |
The deadliest earthquake on record: Shaanxi earthquake ('Jiajing earthquake') |
Disasters |
| Nov 17, 1558 - CA 1575 |
8.4 - 25.0 |
Queen of England: Elizabeth I |
Great Britain |
| 1562 |
12.0 |
Start of the Huguenot Wars |
France |
| Feb 15, 1564 - Jan 8, 1642 |
13.6 - 91.6 |
Life of Galileo Galilei |
Personalities |
| 1565 |
15.0 |
Founding of St. Augustine |
USA |
| Jul 26, 1572 - Aug 2, 1572 |
22.1 |
Battle of Molodi |
Russia |
| Apr 13, 1598 |
47.8 |
Edict of Nantes |
France |
| Dec 31, 1600 |
50.5 |
Establishment of the British East India Company |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| CA 1601 |
51.0 |
William Gilbert discovers electricity |
Technology |
| 1606 |
56.0 |
Discovery of Australia |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| 1618 - 1648 |
68.0 - 98.1 |
Thirty Years' War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1620 |
70.0 |
Voyage of the Mayflower, puritan 'Pilgrims' establish Plymouth (Massachusetts) |
USA |
| 1623 |
73.0 |
Start of construction of Versailles Palace |
Monuments |
| 1626 |
76.1 |
French settlement in Senegal |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| Dec 25, 1642 - Mar 20, 1726 |
92.6 - 175.8 |
Life of Isaac Newton |
Personalities |
John Fairbanke
Mary Fairbanks
Birth