Having published nothing for eleven years, Francois Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel
Having published nothing for eleven years, Francois Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pant
Having published nothing for eleven years, Francois Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel
Events Before
Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland
Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland
German Parliament opens in Worms
German Parliament opens in Worms
The first landing of French troops onto the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion
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Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese as Duke of Parma
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Earl of Hertford leads a retaliatory mission against Scotland
Earl of Hertford leads a retaliatory mission against Scotland
Events After
Ivan the Terrible, aged 17, crowns himself the first Tsar of Russia
Ivan IV Vasilyevich, commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in…
Russian Tsar Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible] (17) marries Anastasia Romanova (17)
Russian Tsar Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible] (17) marries Anastasia Romanova (17)
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is executed in the Tower of London for treason
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Capitulation of Wittenberg: John Frederick I, Protestant Elector of Saxony, resigns after his capture by Catholic Hapsbu
Capitulation of Wittenberg: John Frederick I, Protestant Elector of Saxony, resigns after his capture by Catholic Hapsburg forces of Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg,
Great fire in Moscow, a third of the largely wooden city destroyed and 2-3,000 killed
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Ivan the Terrible, aged 17, crowns himself the first Tsar of Russia
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Russian Tsar Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible] (17) marries Anastasia Romanova (17)
Russian Tsar Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible] (17) marries Anastasia Romanova (17)
The first recorded horse race meeting in England is held at Roodee Fields in Chester
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