1503 - Events.
January 20 - Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive right to trade with the New World.
April 21 - Battle of Cerignola. Aragonese forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba defeat the French under the Duc de Nemours, who is killed. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
May 10 - Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands and he names them Las Tortugas after the numerous sea turtles there.
May 13 - Capture of Naples b ...
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1500s BC - Events and trends.
Stonehenge built in Wiltshire, England.
The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade.
Settlers from Crete, Greece move to Miletus, Turkey.
Early traces of Maya civilization developing in Belize.
The Phoenic ...
Recent knowledge indicates that Nostradamus may have been in contact with the Mayan Elders in his development of certain skills in his extensive wisdom of astrology and predictions. This radical theory along with much interesting knowledge about the great Seer is featured in this article.
Nostradamus, (December 14, 1503 – July 1, 1566) born Michel de Nostredame, is one of the world's most famous authors of prophecies. He is most famous for his book Les Propheties, which consists of rhymed quatrains (4‑line poems) grouped into sets of 100, called Centuries.
Nostradamus - Biography.
Born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in the south of France in December 1503, Michel de Nostredame was the son of a grain dealer who was also a prosperous home-grown notary. His family wa ...
