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| 1 | 1509 |
- 1509—1547: Henry VIII. Ruler of England 1509-1547. House of Tudor: Only surviving son of Henry VII by Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV.HistoricUK
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| 2 | 1519 |
- 10 Aug 1519: Magellan sets sail from Seville on a journey around the world.Fordham SIMag
- 8 Nov 1519: New Spain is founded. This includes much of North, South and Central America.GMU npr
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| 3 | 1521 |
- 13 Aug 1521: Tenochtitlán falls to Cortés' conquistadors.KWWL npr
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| 4 | 1524 |
- 17 Jan 1524—8 Jul 1524: Giovanni da Verrazanno sets sail from Madeira, Portugal to explore North America - from North Carolina north to Newfoundland.MM&P AJ
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| 5 | 1534 |
- 20 Apr 1534: Jacques Cartier sets sail from France on his first exploration of the New World.PC LoC
- 9 Jun 1534: French navigator Jacques Cartier begins exploring the St. Lawrence River.LoC WHP
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| 6 | 1535 |
- 19 May 1535: French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail for North America.MM&P CMoH
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| 7 | 1539 |
- 1 Jun 1539: Hernando de Soto makes landfall in Florida beginning his exploration of North America.PGHMS HMdb
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| 8 | 1541 |
- 8 May 1541: Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi.AotC tGLIoAH
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| 9 | 1542 |
- 21 May 1542: Hernando de Soto dies of a fever of the banks of the Mississippi but the expedition goes on.MM&P FE
- 28 Sep 1542: João Rodrigues Cabrilho discovers California.LoC NPS
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| 10 | 1547 |
- 1547—1553: Edward VI. Ruler of England 1547-1553. House of Tudor: Son of Henry VIII, by Jane Seymour, his 3rd queen. Ruled under regents. Was forced to name Lady Jane Grey his successor. Council of State proclaimed her queen July 10, 1553. Mary Tudor won Council, was proclaimed queen July 19, 1553. Mary had Lady Jane Grey beheaded for treason, Feb 1554.HistoricUK
- 16 Jan 1547: Ivan the Terrible becomes the first Czar of Russia.MU JC
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| 11 | 1553 |
- 1553—17 Nov 1558: Mary I. Ruler of England 1553-1558 House of Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII, by Catherine of Aragon.HistoricUK
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| 12 | 1556 |
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| 13 | 1558 |
- 17 Nov 1558—24 Mar 1603: Elizabeth I. Ruler of England 1558-1603. House of Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII, by Anne Boleyn.HistoricUK E1
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| 14 | 1562 |
- 1 Mar 1562—1598: A massacre of Huguenots at Vassy, France begins the French Wars of Religion which lasts until 1598.GoogleBooks W&W
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| 15 | 1564 |
- 23 Apr 1564: William Shakespeare's birth is celebrated with this date. He also died this day 52 years later.Shakespeare TIME
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| 16 | 1565 |
- 8 Sep 1565: The oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement within the borders of the continental United States, St. Augustine, Florida, is founded.SA LOC
- 20 Sep 1565: Spanish forces capture the French Huguenot settlement of Fort Caroline in the first European battle on American soil.SIMag PG
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| 17 | 1568 |
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| 18 | 1569 |
- 1569: Gerardus Mercator presents his cylindrical map projection.LOC
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| 19 | 1570 |
- 20 May 1570: Abraham Ortelius publishes the first modern atlas entitled "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum".LoC Bonhams
- 10 Sep 1570: Spanish Jesuits land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.EVA GoogleBooks
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| 20 | 1572 |
- 24 Aug 1572: King Charles IX of France orders the assassination of Huguenot Protestant leaders in Paris that results in the massacre of tens of thousands of Huguenots all across France.MP CT
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| 21 | 1577 |
- 13 Dec 1577: Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England in the Golden Hind on a mission to raid Spanish holdings on the Pacific coast of the New World and explore the Pacific Ocean, returning 3 years later as the first British explorer to circumnavigate the earth.History.com LOC
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| 22 | 1579 |
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| 23 | 1580 |
- 26 Sep 1580: Sir Francis Drake returns to England completing his circumnavigation of the World.LoC History.com
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| 24 | 1582 |
- 4 Oct 1582: The Gregorian calendar is introduced. The next day is October 15th.Britannica UFL
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| 25 | 1583 |
- 5 Aug 1583: The first English colony in North America is chartered at Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey Gilbert but no settlement is made there until 1604.Fordham HF.uk
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| 26 | 1587 |
- 8 Feb 1587: Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded.Scotsman TheMet
- 22 Jul 1587: An English colony is established on Roanoke Island off what is now the North Carolina coast.HM NCHist
- 18 Aug 1587: Virginia Dare is the first English child born in the Americas.OB NCMoH
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| 27 | 1588 |
- 29 Jul 1588: The Spanish Armada is defeated.CBS-PC tNI
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| 28 | 1590 |
- 18 Aug 1590: Governor John White returns to Roanoke colony and finds it abandoned.NPS tLC
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| 29 | 1602 |
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| 30 | 1603 |
- 1603: Martin Pring surveys the Maine coast and names the Fox Islands.NH
- 15 Mar 1603: Samuel de Champlain sets sail from France aboard the Bonne-Renommée on his first voyage to North America. MM&P OHT
- 24 Mar 1603—27 Mar 1625: James I Ruler of England 1603-1625. House of Stuart: Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter of James IV and Margaret. First to call himself King of Great Britain. This became official with the Act of Union, 1707.HistoricUK
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| 31 | 1604 |
- 26 Jun 1604: The French settle on Saint Croix Island in what is now Maine.tCE NPS
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| 32 | 1605/6 |
- 31 Jan 1605/6: Guy Fawkes is executed for plotting against Parliament and James I of England.PSU UKNA
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| 33 | 1605 |
- 5 Nov 1605: The Gunpowder Plot is foiled. Guy Fawkes is captured, tortured and executed.UKParliament
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| 34 | 1606 |
- 10 Apr 1606: A charter is granted to the Virginia Company for settlement in America.Avalon tGLIoAH
- 19 Dec 1606: Three vessels - Susan Constant, of 100 tons, Capt Christopher Newport; Godspeed, of forty tons, Capt Bartholomew Gosnold; and Discovery, twenty tons, Capt John Ratcliffe - with 105 emigrants sail from the Downs, England destined for Virginia in the New World.LR MM
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| 35 | 1607 |
- 1607: La Villa Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco de Asís, Santa Fe, New Mexico, is founded.HL PBS
- 13 May 1607: Three ships arrive with the first settlers of Virginia Colony.NPS LoA
- 14 May 1607: Jamestown is founded.LoC HJ
- 19 Aug 1607: Popham Colony is established in New England. It survives for only a year.CSM MFS
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| 36 | 1608 |
- 7 Jan 1608: A fire breaks out in Jamestown destroying nearly the entire settlement.Google Books EVa
- 3 Jul 1608: Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.CT OHT
- 2 Oct 1608: Hans Lippershey demonstrates, and applies for a patent for, the first refracting telescope, the forerunner of the modern optical telescope.W I R E D SciHi
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| 37 | 1609 |
- 25 Aug 1609: Galileo demonstrates the telescope.Astronomy SA
- 11 Sep 1609: Henry Hudson enters New York Bay in search of the Northwest Passage.IA NYSA
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| 38 | 1613 |
- 21 Feb 1613—15 Mar 1917: The Romanov Dynasty, the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia, begins when 16 year old Mikhail Romanov is elected as Czar.Russiapedia Hillwood
- 27 Mar 1613: The first English child is born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy.tCE MC
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| 39 | 1614 |
- 11 Oct 1614: Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General of the Dutch Republic for exclusive trading rights in the Nieuw-Nederland colony.SCW ND-Coins
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| 40 | 1618 |
- 23 May 1618—24 Oct 1648: The Thirty Years War, a series of wars fought by European nations for various reasons, is initiated when the Holy Roman Emperor attempts to force Catholicism on most of Europe, and ends with the Peace of Westphalia.OSU CT
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| 41 | 1619 |
- 30 Jul 1619: The first elected legislative assembly in the New World convenes in Jamestown.USHistory NPS
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| 42 | 1620 |
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| 43 | 1620/1 |
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| 44 | 1621 |
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| 45 | 1622 |
- 22 Mar 1622: 347 of Jamestown's settlers are massacred by the Powhatans.BoRI MM
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| 46 | 1623/4 |
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| 47 | 1624 |
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| 48 | 1625 |
- 27 Mar 1625—30 Jan 1649: Charles I. Ruler of England 1625-1649. House of Stuart: Only surviving son of James I; beheaded Jan 30, 1649.HistoricUK
- 22 Apr 1625: The West India Company decrees the establishment of Fort Amsterdam and the creation of adjoining farms on the island of Manhates (Manhattan).GC HMdb
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| 49 | 1626 |
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| 50 | 1627 |
- 18 Jul 1627: A French missionary is the first European to mention the occurrence of petroleum in North America.GoogleBooks PA-Roots
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| 51 | 1628 |
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