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| 1 | 1540 | - 1540—1540: HISTORY: Coronado Expedition into the Southern Plains..
- 1540—1540: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanches known to be using dogs for transport.
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| 2 | 1547 | - 1547—1547: ROYAL: Ivan IV (ithe Terrible) crowned as czar of Russia.Begins conquest of Astrakhan and Kazan (1552), battles nobles (boyars) for power (1564), kills his son (1580), dies, and is succeeded by his weak and feeble-minded son, Fyodor I.
- 1547—1547: ROYAL: .Henry VIII. Ruler of England. House of Tudor - Only surviving son of Henry VII by Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV.
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| 3 | 1551 | - 1551—1551: HISTORY: In France, the works of Martin Luther, John Calvin and others considered heretics are prohibited. .In the cites of Paris, Toulouse, Grenoble, Rouen, Bordeaux, and Agners, various heretics and those selling forbidden books have been burned at the stake. And another massacre of Protestant occurs. More than 3,000 Protestants are to be reported as having been killed, 763 houses, 89 stables and 31 warehouses destroyed
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| 4 | 1553 | - 1553—1553: ROYAL: .Edward VI. Ruler of England. House of Tudor - Son of Henry VIII, by Jane Seymour, his 3rd queen. Ruled under regents.
- 10 Jul 1553—1553: ROYAL: Edward VI was forced to name Lady Jane Grey his successor.Council of State proclaimed her queen. Mary Tudor won Council, was proclaimed queen July 19, 1553. Mary had Lady Jane Grey beheaded for treason, Feb 1554.
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| 5 | 1554 | - Feb 1554—1554: ROYAL: Mary had Lady Jane Grey beheaded for treason..
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| 6 | 1558 | - 1558—1603: ROYAL: Queen Elizabeth I ascends the throne.Restores Protestantism, establishes state Church of England (Anglicanism). Renaissance will reach height in Englando Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser.
- 1558—1558: ROYAL: .Mary I. Ruler of England. House of Tudor - Daughter of Henry VIII, by Catherine of Aragon.
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| 7 | 1560 | - 1560—1560: EPEDEMIC: Europe is still suffering from periodic epidemics and famines.One-half of all infants born alive are dying before twelve months (as in the poorest countries today). The wealthy might live to between 48 and 56, and the poor, who do not eat as well, might live to 40.
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| 8 | 1568 | - 1568—1568: HISTORY: .Bottled beer invented in London.
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| 9 | 1569 | - 1569—1569: HISTORY: .Gerard Mercator invents Mercator map projection.
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| 10 | 1570 | - 1570—1570: WAR: Japan permits visits of foreign ships.Japan permits visits of foreign ships.
- 1570—1570: RELIGION: Queen Elizabeth I excommunicated by Pope. .
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| 11 | 1571 | - 1571—1571: WAR: Turks attack Cyprus and war on Venice. .Turkish fleet defeated at Battle of Lepanto by Spanish and Italian fleets (1571).
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| 12 | 1572 | - 1572—1572: WAR: Peace of Constantinople (1572) ends Turkish attacks on Europe..
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