1570 - Murray, Regent of Scotland is assassinated; The English invade Scotland; Earl Lennox is made Regent of Scotland.
Death of Pir Sultan Abdal, one of the most renowned of the Anatolian ashiks (minstrels). A Shi’ite (Alevi), he participated in pro-Safavid agitation around Sivas and was executed by the Ottoman authorities. His verses express protest as well as the themes of love and natural beauty, and are still sung today
January 2 Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins
January 4 Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew"
January 9 Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod
January 23 Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out
February 25 Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance
February 28 Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
March 4 King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students
April 14 Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits
April 24 Battles between Spanish troops and followers of sultan Suleiman
May 10 Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant
May 20 Egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum"
May 22 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published
July 25 Battle at Arnay-le-Duc Bourgundy: Huguenots-French government army
August 8 Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots
August 16 King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II
November 1 Netherlands hit by flood disaster, 1,000s killed
December 9 Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein
December 13 Sweden/Denmark signs Peace of Stettin
1571 - Battle of Lepanto where the Holy league, consisting of Spain, Venice, and the Pope, win a victory over the Turks.
The conquest of Cyprus. Famagusta, the last major stronghold of the Venetians on the island, fell after a siege lasting about a year (Aug. 1571). Venice recognized the conquest in a peace signed on March 7, 1573.
The Battle of Lepanto (See 1571, Oct. 7), between the Ottoman fleet (230 galleys) and an allied European armada of more than 200 vessels under the command of Don John of Austria. The Ottoman fleet was almost totally destroyed in this naval battle, the greatest ever fought on the Mediterranean. 3 Lepanto proved less decisive than it first appeared. While Europe celebrated the victory, the Ottomans speedily rebuilt their fleet and soon restored their naval supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean. Their new navy was able to ravage the coasts of Sicily and southern Italy in 1573 and to capture Tunis from the Spaniards a year later.
January 11 Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion
January 23 Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London
March 19 Spanish troops occupy Manila
March 25 Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland
May 16 Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM
May 19 Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines
May 20 Venice, Spain and Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League
September 4 Catholic coup in Scotland
October 4 Synod of Emden
October 7 Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet
1572 - Trial, condemnation, and execution of the Duke of Norfolk for conspiracy in England.
Marriage of Margaret of Valois (sister of Charles I) with Henry of Navarre.
Massacre of St. Bartholomew.
Rising of the Dutch against their Spanish oppressors.
Recognition of the authority of William of Orange.
Death of Rabbi Isaac Luria (b. 1534), the most famous student of Jewish mysticism, the cabala. He spent his last years in Safed, in Palestine, teaching his esoteric doctrines, which were published and amplified by his disciple and successor Hayim Vital (1542–1620). Their ideas spread throughout the Jewish world, especially among those expelled from Spain.
Death of Nigari, or Reis Haydar (b. c. 1492), a naval officer famous for his artistic talent. He left fine color portraits of Suleyman the Magnificent, Selim II, and the admiral Barbarossa.
February 5 Beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out
March 12 Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusiados" in Portugal
April 1 Bloys van Treslong conquers Brielle
April 21 France and England sign anti-Spanish military covenant
May 4 Veere sides with Geuzen
May 15 Louis van Nassau and huguenots occupy Valenciennes
June 9 Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland
June 11 Spanish co-land guardian duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock
June 19 Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater
June 21 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda
June 24 5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged
July 9 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum
July 18 Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht
July 19 Battle at Saint-Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries
July 23 Willem van Oranges troops occupy Roermond on the Spanjaarden
August 18 King Navarra Henri de Bourbon marries Margaretha van Valois
August 22 Failed assassination on Admiral De Coligny
August 24 King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants
October 2 Spanish army occupies/plunders/destroys Mechelen
October 5 Spanish army under Alva's son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen
October 18 Spanish troops attack Maastricht
November 6 Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia
November 11 Duke of Alva's son Don Fredrik begins siege for Haarlem
November 16 Don Frederiks troops occupy/plunder Zutphen
December 11 Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem
December 13 Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under Admiral Lumey
December 17 Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands
1573 - Successful defence of La Rochelle; followed by the Treaty of La Rochelle which grants toleration to the Huguenots.
Haarlem reduced by the Spaniards; and the Spaniards besiege Leyden, Netherlands.
Building of Manila which is made the seat of of the Spanish Viceroy in the Philippines.
January 1 Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem
February 11 1st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panama)
March 7 Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty
May 9 Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king
July 6 Pacificatie of Boulogne: new peace treaty with huguenots
July 13 Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army
July 16 Alva demands submission of Zealand/Holland
August 7 Francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth
September 18 Spanish attack Alkmaar
October 9 Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar
October 11 Battle of South Seas - Dutch rebels beat Spanish navy
November 29 Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands
1574 - Coronation of Henry, Duke of Anjou, as king of Poland;
Henry, Duke of Anjou then abandons Poland when he becomes King of France on the death of his brother, Charles IX.
Death of Ebussuud Efendi (b. 1490), one of the greatest Ottoman legal scholars. He served as sheik ul-islam (chief jurisconsult of the empire) for 29 years and issued thousands of legal opinions interpreting the law and reconciling Islamic codes with state legislation.
SULTAN MURAD III. Selim's eldest son, who took over after his father's death in late 1574, was the last of the sultans to possess some field experience before assuming the throne. The influence of palace women, especially Murad's mother, became pervasive, and after the execution of Mehmed Sokullu in 1579 grand vezirs changed almost annually, according to shifts in court politics. Murad captured substantial territories from Iran, but they were lost just ten years after his death.
January 29 Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
February 9 Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
February 18 Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels
February 19 Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer and Jisp Neth
February 21 Spanish garrison of Middelburg Netherlands surrenders
February 23 France begins 5th holy war against Huguenots
April 14 Battle of Mookerhei-D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau
May 30 Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France
May 30 Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot)
June 18 Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland
September 13 Turkish fleet recaptures Tunis
October 1 Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers
October 3 Fleet under Admiral Boisot seize Spanish
October 28 Prince Willem van Orange installs university
1575 - Queen Elizabeth of England is offerred the sovereignty of the Netherlands.
Foundation of the University of Leyden in the commemoration of the siege and relief of that city.
Stephen Bathori, Prince of Transylvania elected King of Portugal.
Death in Safed of Rabbi Joseph Karo (b. 1488), one of the greatest of Jewish legal scholars. His work Shulhan Arukh (printed in 1550–59), in which he codified the laws and precepts of Judaism in a clear and simple manner, remains the most authoritative handbook of Jewish law to this day.
January 22 English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly
February 8 University of Leiden Netherlands opens
February 11 King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe
June 12 William of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon
June 28 Spanish troops conquer Buren
July 12 Willem van Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon
July 19 Spanish viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater
August 7 Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died
September 16 King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to hugenots
November 8 French Roman Catholics and Huguenots signs treaty
December 14 Polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland
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1570 The excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I by the Catholic Church
1572 August 24: St Bartholomew's Day massacre where French Protestants were massacred by French Catholics in Paris cause panic in England with fears of a Catholic invasion
1573 Sir Francis Drake captures a shipment of silver destined for Spain
December 21: Sir Francis Walsingham appointed Secretary of State and becomes chief spy master in England
1572. A supernova - a star which suddenly increased in brightness - was observed by Tycho Brahe in Denmark, also by John Dee and Thomas Digges in England
1571. A law was passed which ordered everyone over the age of six to wear a woollen cap on Sundays and holidays, to help England's wool trade. Only important people were excused from obeying this law.
1571. Opening of the Royal Exchange, founded by Sir Thomas Gresham , described by some as the first shopping mall, is so named by Elizabeth I.
1571
Beginning of penal legislation against Catholics in England
1572
Slaughter of Huguenots in Paris (massacre of St Bartholomew)
2007-05-13 04:07:32
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1553 - Roman Catholicism restored in England by Queen Mary I.
1558 - Queen Elizabeth I ascends the throne (rules to 1603). Restores Protestantism, establishes state Church of England (Anglicanism). Renaissance will reach height in England—Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser.
1564 - Galileo Galilei was born.
1565 - St. Augustine, Florida, the first town established by Europeans in the United States, is founded by the Spanish. Later burned by the English in 1586.
1568 - Protestant Netherlands revolts against Catholic Spain; independence will be acknowledged by Spain in 1648. High point of Dutch Renaissance—painters Rubens, Van Dyck, Hals, and Rembrandt.
1570 - Japan permits visits of foreign ships. Queen Elizabeth I excommunicated by Pope. Turks attack Cyprus and war on Venice. Turkish fleet defeated at Battle of Lepanto by Spanish and Italian fleets (1571). Peace of Constantinople (1572) ends Turkish attacks on Europe.
1571 - Peace of Constantinople.
1572 - Turkish attacks on Europe end.
1572 - Tycho Brahe, witnesses a supernova and cites it as evidence that the heavens are not changeless
1574 - Tycho Brahe, Observes that a comet is beyond the moon
2007-05-13 03:37:58
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Hi there,
You can download Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars for free here: http://bit.ly/1p0D8Jw
The storyline is set in the year 2047, and it continues the events of the previous game in which GDI shot the ion cannon in order to destroy Temple Prime where Kane, the main antagonist, and his followers were.
2014-08-26 21:49:04
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1. my little toes. i mean i got 4 good big toes, what the hell does that little one do? 2. my space, nuff said 3. people that cant take jokes, well maybe there not useless, if it weren't for them id have no one to piss off.. 4. red lights and stop signs, i go right threw em any way 5. the pull not push sign on the front door of the deli down the street. i always end up trying to push it open any way.
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