1516 - Article Index

Encyclopedia - 1516: Encyclopedia - 1516
1516 - Literature. Ludovico Ariosto - Orlando Furioso. Desiderius Erasmus - new Latin translation of the New Testament. Thomas More - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1571: Encyclopedia - 1571
1571 - Events. January 11 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion. January 23 - The Royal Exchange opens in London. Crimean...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrea Mantegna: Encyclopedia - Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431, near Vicenza, Italy – September 13, 1506, Mantua) was an Italian Renaissance artist from Florence, whose work...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 23: Encyclopedia - April 23
April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). There are 252 days remaining. April 23 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrea Del Sarto: Encyclopedia - Andrea Del Sarto
Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco di Luca di Paolo del Migliore, Gualfonda, Florence, 1487 - Florence, 1531) was a painter o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alhambra: Encyclopedia - Alhambra
The Alhambra (Red Castle) (in Arabic الحمراء) is an ancient palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs of Granada, in sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 25: Encyclopedia - April 25
April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). There are 250 days remaining. April 25 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 8: Encyclopedia - April 8
April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). There are 267 days remaining in the year. April 8 - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 26: Encyclopedia - August 26
August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). There are 127 days remaining. August 26 - Events...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 13: Encyclopedia - August 13
August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. August 13 - Events. 31...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augsburg: Encyclopedia - Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. It is the capital of the Swabia administrative region of Bavaria, and is located at the conf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aragon: Encyclopedia - Aragon
Aragon (Spanish and Aragonese: Aragón; Catalan: Aragó) is an autonomous community of north-eastern Spain. It has an area of 47,719 km²...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algiers: Encyclopedia - Algiers
Algiers (French Alger, (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر) El-Jazair, The Islands) is the capital and largest city of Algeria in North Af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alawite: Encyclopedia - Alawite
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History: Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History
This entry contains a timeline of the development of Judaism and the Jewish people. Note that all dates are given according to the Common...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huldrych Zwingli: Encyclopedia - Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych (or Ulrich) Zwingli (January 1, 1484 – October 11, 1531) was the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland, and foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hebron: Encyclopedia - Hebron
Hebron (Arabic الخليل ▶ (help·info) al-Ḫalīl; Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן ▶ (help·info), Standard Hebrew Ḥevron, Tiberian He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg: Encyclopedia - Habsburg
Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. Their principal roles w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judea: Encyclopedia - Judea
Judea or Judaea (יהודה "Praise", Standard Hebrew Yəhuda, Tiberian Hebrew Yəhûḏāh) (Greek: Ιουδαία) is a term used for t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1510s: Encyclopedia - 1510s
1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s 1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519 ---- 1510s - Events and Trends. Peter ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balthasar Hubmaier: Encyclopedia - Balthasar Hubmaier
Balthasar Hübmaier (ca. 1480-1528) was an influential German/Moravian Anabaptist leader. He was born in Friedberg, Bavaria (about 5 mile...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-mutawakkil Iii: Encyclopedia - Al-mutawakkil Iii
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aalborg: Encyclopedia - Aalborg
Aalborg is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality stradd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 16th Century: Encyclopedia - 16th Century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. See also: 16th century in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albrecht Dürer: Encyclopedia - Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471 - April 6, 1528) was a German painter, wood carver, engraver, and mathematician. He is best known for his w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bible: Encyclopedia - Bible
The Bible (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) bibl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castile: Encyclopedia - Castile
A former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north-western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Iv Duke Of Bavaria: Encyclopedia - William Iv Duke Of Bavaria
William IV. (* 13 November 1493 in Munich; † 7 March 1550), (German: Wilhelm IV., Herzog von Bayern), was Duke of Bavaria (1508-1550), ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Venetian Ghetto: Encyclopedia - Venetian Ghetto
The Venetian Ghetto was the area of Venice in which Jewish people were required to live under the Venetian Republic. From its name, the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catherine Of Aragon: Encyclopedia - Catherine Of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (December 16, 1485 – January 7, 1536; Spanish: Catalina de Aragón) was queen consort of England as Henry VIII of E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Song Of Roland: Encyclopedia - The Song Of Roland
By category Medieval 16th Century - 17th Century 18th Century -19th Century 20th Century - Contemporary Chronological list Writers by cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Château D'if: Encyclopedia - Château D'if
The Château d'If is located on the small island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul Archipelago, situated in the Mediterranean Sea,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Duke Of Jülich-cleves-berg: Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Duke Of Jülich-cleves-berg
Wilhelm "The Rich", Duke of Jülich-Kleve-Berg (Wilhelm "der Reiche", Herzog von Jülich-Kleve-Berg) (28 July 1516 - 05 January 1592) was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zürich: Encyclopedia - Zürich
Zürich ▶ (help·info) (German pronunciation IPA: [ˈtsyrɪç]; in English often Zurich, without the umlaut) is the largest city in Swi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conrad Gessner: Encyclopedia - Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner (Konrad Gessner, Conrad von Gesner, Conradus Gesnerus) (26 March 1516-13 December 1565) was a Swiss naturalist. His three-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francisco Cardinal Jiménez De Cisneros: Encyclopedia - Francisco Cardinal Jiménez De Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros1 OFM (1436 – November 8, 1517) was a Spanish Cardinal and statesman. Starting from humble beginnings he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Text-type: Encyclopedia - Byzantine Text-type
The Byzantine text-type (also called Constantinopolitan, Syrian, ecclesiastical, and majority) is the largest group of Greek manuscripts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byblos: Encyclopedia - Byblos
Byblos (βύβλος) is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal (earlier Gubla); Byblos - Ancient history. It was known to the an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires: Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ("Good Airs" in Spanish, originally meaning "Fair Winds") is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles V Holy Roman Emperor: Encyclopedia - Charles V Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V (Spanish: Carlos I, Dutch: Karel V, German: Karl V.) (24 February 1500–21 September 1558) is considered (the first) King of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel Bomberg: Encyclopedia - Daniel Bomberg
Daniel Bomberg (d. 1549) was an early printer of Hebrew language books. A Christian himself, born in Antwerp, he was primarily active in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counts Of Burgundy: Encyclopedia - Counts Of Burgundy
This is a list of the counts of Burgundy (i.e., of the region known as "Franche-Comté", not to be confused with the Duchy of Burgundy) f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joachim Vadian: Encyclopedia - Joachim Vadian
Joachim Vadian (November 29, 1484 – April 6, 1551), born as Joachim von Watt, was a Swiss Humanist and scholar and also mayor and refor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Utopia: Encyclopedia - Utopia
Utopian, in its most common and general positive meaning, refers to the human efforts to create a better, or perhaps perfect society. Ide...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damascus: Encyclopedia - Damascus
Damascus (Arabic officially دمشق Dimashq, colloquially ash-Sham الشام) is the capital city of Syria. It is often referred to as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chiesa Della Casa Santa Loreto: Encyclopedia - Chiesa Della Casa Santa Loreto
The Basilica of the Holy House, or Chiesa della Casa Santa, is a Catholic place of pilgrimage in Loreto (AN), Italy. Chiesa della Casa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1565: Encyclopedia - 1565
1565 - Events. The pencil is first documented by Conrad Gesner March 1 - the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded April 27 - Cebu City is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1572: Encyclopedia - 1572
1572 - Events. January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Cathol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1559: Encyclopedia - 1559
1559 - Events. January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. March 23 - Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia, defendi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1558: Encyclopedia - 1558
1558 - Events. January 7 - French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of England July 13...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1544: Encyclopedia - 1544
1544 - Events. April 11 - Battle of Ceresole - French forces under the Comte d'Enghien defeat Imperial forces under the Marques Del Va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1551: Encyclopedia - 1551
1551 - Events. Russia, Reforming Synod of the Metropolitan Makary: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1574: Encyclopedia - 1574
1574 in literature 1574 - Events. April 14 - Battle of Mookerheyde. Spanish forces under Sancho de Avila defeat the rebel forces of Lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1575: Encyclopedia - 1575
1575 - Events. February 13 - Henry III of France is crowned at Reims February 14 - Henry III of France marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raphael: Encyclopedia - Raphael
Raphael or Raffaello (Urbino, Italy, April 6, 1483–Rome, April 6, 1520) was a master painter and architect of the Florentine school in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johannes Trithemius: Encyclopedia - Johannes Trithemius
Johannes Trithemius (1 February 1462 - 13 December 1516) was born Johann Heidenberg. The name by which he is more commonly known is deriv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pagoda: Encyclopedia - Pagoda
A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in China, Japan, Korea, and other part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erasmus: Encyclopedia - Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (also Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, probably 1466 – July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1587: Encyclopedia - 1587
1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. 1587 -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - January 1: Encyclopedia - January 1
January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1478: Encyclopedia - 1478
1478 - Events. February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is private...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1470: Encyclopedia - 1470
1470 - Events. May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. Sten Sture the Elder becomes Regent ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1462: Encyclopedia - 1462
1462 - Events. Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands. March 28 - Death of Vasili II of Russia. Succeeded by hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1452: Encyclopedia - 1452
1452 - Events. October - English troops under John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, land in Guyenne, France, and retake most of the pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1467: Encyclopedia - 1467
1467 - Events. October 29 - Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege Beginning of the Sengoku Period in Japan. Circa this ye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1456: Encyclopedia - 1456
1456 - Births. March 1 - King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (died 1516) June 11 - Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1469: Encyclopedia - 1469
1469 - Events. July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. This event ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Río De La Plata: Encyclopedia Ii - Río De La Plata - History
The river was first sighted by Spanish seaman Juan Díaz de Solís in 1516 in his search for a passage between the Atlantic and the Pacif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Independent School Uk: Encyclopedia Ii - Independent School Uk - Public School
Public school in the British Isles is a label applied to leading fee-paying independent schools in England and Wales. In Scotland and Ire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reinheitsgebot: Encyclopedia Ii - Reinheitsgebot - History
The Reinheitsgebot was introduced in part to prevent price competition with bakers for wheat and rye. The restriction of grains to barley...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Royal Mail: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Mail - History
The Royal Mail traces its history back to 1516, when Henry VIII established a "Master of the Posts". The Royal Mail service was first mad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skåne: Encyclopedia Ii - Skåne - Geography
The geography of Skåne was shaped by the last ice age, the Wisconsin glaciation, a time when it was totally covered with ice. When the i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Jewish History - Post Biblical-history
Timeline of Jewish history - 200 BCE to 700 CE. 200 BCE–100 CE Throughout this era the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) is gradually canonized. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zürich: Encyclopedia Ii - Zürich - History
Numerous lake-side settlements from the Neolithic and Bronze age have been found, such as those in the Zürich Pressehaus and Zürich Moz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tower Of David: Encyclopedia Ii - Tower Of David - History Of The Citadel
In the 2nd century BCE, Jerusalem expanded to the so-called Western Hill, on which the citadel now stands. Since the site was the weak po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Utopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Utopia - Basics Of Utopia
Utopia - Utopia's Family. Adjective - utopian: According to Oxford dictionary, it is usually used negatively to criticise proposals or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judea: Encyclopedia Ii - Judea - Historical Boundaries
The original boundaries were Bethsûr (near Hebron, on the south; Bethoron (today Beit Ur al Fawka in the West Bank), on the north; Emaü...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas More: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas More - Early Life
Born in Milk Street, London, Thomas More was the eldest son of Sir John More, a successful lawyer who served as a judge in the King's Ben...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swiss Guard: Encyclopedia Ii - Swiss Guard - Vatican Swiss Guard
The Swiss Guard as part of the Military of the Vatican City is an exception to the Swiss rulings of 1874 and 1927. It is a small force re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spanish Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Spanish Empire - The Golden Age Of Spain: The Sun Never Sets 1521-1643
The 16th and 17th centuries are sometimes called "the Golden Age of Spain" (in Spanish, Siglo de Oro). During the sixteenth century, Spai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pagoda: Encyclopedia Ii - Pagoda - Derivation Of Word
The earliest example in the Oxford English Dictionary of the use of the word pagoda in English is from 1634. According to Alain Rey's Dic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Martin Luther: Encyclopedia Ii - Martin Luther - The Breach Widens
Martin Luther - Luther's thought develops. There was no longer hope of peace. Luther's writings were now circulated widely, reaching Fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marshal Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Marshal Of France - Bourbons
Marshal of France - Eleven Marshals created by Henry IV between 1592 and 1602. 1592 Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of People Speculated To Have Been Syphilitic: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of People Speculated To Have Been Syphilitic - Background
The determination of whether a person long dead did or did not suffer from syphilis can be fraught with controversy. Even in living patie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary I Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary I Of England - Early Life
Mary was the second daughter and fifth child of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. A stillborn sister, two short-lived b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philipp Melanchthon: Encyclopedia Ii - Philipp Melanchthon - Estimate Of His Works And Character
Melanchthon's importance for the Reformation lay essentially in the fact that he systematized Luther's ideas, defended them in public, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mona Lisa: Encyclopedia Ii - Mona Lisa - History
Leonardo began the Mona Lisa in 1503 and completed it three or four years later. The painting was brought from Italy to France by Leonard...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ministry Of Defence United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Ministry Of Defence United Kingdom - Origins
During the 1920s and 1930s, British civil servants and politicians, looking back at the performance of the state during World War I, conc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Spaniards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Spaniards - Artists
List of Spaniards - Architects. See also: Category:Spanish architects. Ricardo Bofill (b. 1939), one of the main representatives of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Fisher: Encyclopedia Ii - John Fisher - The King's Great Matter
Matters now moved rapidly. In May, 1532, Sir Thomas More resigned the chancellorship, and in June, Fisher preached publicly against the d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johann Weyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Johann Weyer - Work And Critical Reception
Weyer's works include De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus ac Venificiis (On the Illusions of the Demons and on Spells and Poisons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Foxe: Encyclopedia Ii - John Foxe - Education And Resignation From Oxford
Foxe was born at Boston, in Lincolnshire, England. (In 1551, one Henry Foxe, a merchant and possible relative, became mayor of that town....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In Israel - Judaism In Israel
Most citizens in the State of Israel are Jewish, and most Israeli Jews practice Judaism in some form. While Judaism has always affirmed a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dawit Ii Of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dawit Ii Of Ethiopia - Early Reign
Although she was well into her seventies, the Queen Mother Eleni stepped in to act as her step-great-grandson's regent until 1516, when h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Spanish Monarchs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Spanish Monarchs - Kings Queens Of Spain
There are four alternative moments (and three different persons) where the Kingship of Spain is considered to begin: in 1479, when Ferdi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nakhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Nakhi - Culture
Nakhi culture is largely a mixture of Tibetan and Han Chinese influences, with some indigenous elements. Nakhi - Music. Nakhi music is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - New Ireland - Physical Geography
The island is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, and is often described as having the shape of a musket. The tropical island of New Irelan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algiers: Encyclopedia Ii - Algiers - Local Architecture
There are many public buildings of interest, including the whole casbah quarter, Martyrs Square (Sahat ech-Chouhada ساحة الشهدا...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alhambra: Encyclopedia Ii - Alhambra - A Tour Of The Alhambra
The Moorish portion of the Alhambra resembles many medieval Christian strongholds in its threefold arrangement as a castle, a palace and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrea Mantegna: Encyclopedia Ii - Andrea Mantegna - Biography
Mantegna was born in Isola di Cartura, near Vicenza in the Republic of Venice, second son of a poor woodcutter, Biagio. At the age of ten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alawite: Encyclopedia Ii - Alawite - Religion
Theologically, Alawites today claim to be Twelver Shiites, but traditionally they have been designated as "extremists" (Arabic غلاة g...   » Read the article