Encyclopedia - 1549: Encyclopedia - 1549
1549 - Events. July - Kett's Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. Salvador established, first capital of Brazil Petrus Canisius ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1540s: Encyclopedia - 1540s
1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s 1540 1541 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 1540s - Events and Trends. 1541 Hernan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrew Downes: Encyclopedia - Andrew Downes
The name Andrew Downes can refer to two people: Andrew Downes (composer) (b. 1950), a British classical composer, and Andrew Downes (sch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kirishitan: Encyclopedia - Kirishitan
Kirishitan (吉利支丹, 切支丹) meant Christian(s) in Japanese and is today used as a historiographic term for Christians in Japan i...   » 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 - Henry Ii Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Ii Of France - Marriage And Children
On October 28, 1533, he married Catherine of Medici (April 13, 1519 - January 5, 1589) Issue: François II (January 19, 1544 - December ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veteros: Encyclopedia - Veteros
Also Veterus Vitiris Vheterus Huetiris Hueterus. In ancient Celtic polytheism, the supposed deified masculine spirit of air-flow, the Rom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edmund Bonner: Encyclopedia Ii - Edmund Bonner - Realignment With Catholicism
Bonner resisted the visitation of August 1547, and was committed to the Fleet Prison; but he withdrew his opposition, and was released in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia - Candomblé
Candomblé is an Afro-American religion practiced chiefly in Brazil but also in adjacent countries. The religion came from Africa to Braz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Codex Wallerstein: Encyclopedia - Codex Wallerstein
The Codex Wallerstein (Augsburg University library I.6.4.2) is a 15th century fechtbuch. The title Vom Baumans Fechtbuch appears on the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonio De Herrera Y Tordesillas: Encyclopedia - Antonio De Herrera Y Tordesillas
Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (1549 - March 29, 1625), Spanish historian, was born at Cuéllar, in the province of Segovia. Antonio d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claude Goudimel: Encyclopedia - Claude Goudimel
Claude Goudimel was a French composer and music theorist of the Renaissance. He was born in Besançon around 1510, and was murdered Augus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gustav I Of Sweden: Encyclopedia Ii - Gustav I Of Sweden - Family
Gustav's first wife was Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513–1535), whom he married on 24 September 1531. They had a son: Eric XIV (1533�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kagoshima Kagoshima: Encyclopedia Ii - Kagoshima Kagoshima - History
In 1549 Japan had its first contact with Christians in Kagoshima. The Spanish missionary Francis Xavier arrived in Kagoshima and was give...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salvador Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Salvador Brazil - History
Although the Bay of Todos os Santos was first encountered by Europeans and christened in 1502, the city of Salvador wasn't founded until ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahia: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahia - History
The Portuguese Pedro Álvares Cabral landed at what is now Porto Seguro, on the southern coast of Bahia in 1500, and claimed the territor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Novella: Encyclopedia Ii - Novella - History
As a literary genre, the novella's origin lay in the early Renaissance literary work of the Italians and the French. Principally, by Giov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hanafuda: Encyclopedia Ii - Hanafuda - History
Though refined card games were played in Japan by the nobility since its early eras, they were not commonly used for gambling, or played ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagasaki: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagasaki - History
Nagasaki - Medieval era. Founded before 1500, Nagasaki was originally secluded by harbors. It enjoyed little historical significance un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manoel Da Nóbrega: Encyclopedia Ii - Manoel Da Nóbrega - Missionary In Brazil
In 1549, he joined the naval fleet of the first Portuguese Governor-General Tomé de Souza (1502-1579), following a request by King D. Jo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bible Errata: Encyclopedia Ii - Bible Errata - Printed Bibles
Bible errata - Coverdale. “Bug Bible” In Myles Coverdale's 1535 Bible was known as the "Bug Bible" because Psalms 91:5 read: “Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bálint Bakfark: Encyclopedia Ii - Bálint Bakfark - Life
He was born at Brassó, Transylvania (now Braşov, Romania). An orphan, he was brought up by the Greff family, and was educated in Buda a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Novella: Encyclopedia Ii - Novella - History
As a literary genre, the novella's origin lay in the early Renaissance literary work of the Italians and the French. Principally, by Giov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tokugawa Ieyasu: Encyclopedia Ii - Tokugawa Ieyasu - Biography
Tokugawa Ieyasu - Early life 1543-1556. Tokugawa Ieyasu was born on January 31, 1543 in the Mikawa province. Originally named Matsudair...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orlande De Lassus: Encyclopedia Ii - Orlande De Lassus - Life
He was born in Mons in the province of Hainaut, in what is today Belgium. Information about his early years is scanty, although some unco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor - The Council Of Trent And Other Reforms
In 1545 the opening of the Council of Trent began the Counter-Reformation, and Charles won to the Catholic cause some of the princes of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In Japan - Other Religions
Christianity, first introduced to Japan in 1549, was virtually stamped out a century later, surviving only in the secluded area around Na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Western European Knowledge Of Muscovy
Muscovy remained a fairly unknown society in western Europe until Baron Sigismund von Herberstein published his Rerum Moscoviticarum Comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Date Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Date Family - Retainers And Vassals
These samurai were vassals of Date clan and listed by their date of birth. Date family - Oniniwa. Oniniwa Motozane (14??-15??) Oniniwa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscovy: Encyclopedia Ii - Muscovy - Western European Knowledge Of Muscovy
Muscovy remained a fairly unknown society in western Europe until Baron Sigismund von Herberstein published his Rerum Moscoviticarum Comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dutch Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - Dutch Republic - History
Before 1581, the area of the Low Countries consisted of a number of duchies, counties, and independent bishoprics, not all of them part o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Atlantic Hurricane Seasons: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Atlantic Hurricane Seasons - Pre-1600s
1492-1524 1525-1549 1550-1574 1575-1599 ... See also:List of Atlantic hurricane seasons, List of Atlantic hurricane seasons - Pre-1600s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahia: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahia - History
The Portuguese Pedro Álvares Cabral landed at what is now Porto Seguro, on the southern coast of Bahia in 1500, and claimed the territor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles V Holy Roman Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles V Holy Roman Emperor - The Council Of Trent And Other Reforms
In 1545 the opening of the Council of Trent began the Counter-Reformation, and Charles won to the Catholic cause some of the princes of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vestments Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Vestments Controversy - The Controversy During The Reign Of Edward Vi
A Henrician exile, on his return to England in 1549 from the churches in Zurich that had been reformed by Zwingli and Bullinger in a high...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Knox: Encyclopedia Ii - John Knox - Residence In England
On his release, which took place early in 1549, through the intervention, apparently, of the English government, Knox found that, in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eisenach: Encyclopedia Ii - Eisenach - Sights
The Wartburg castle is by far the most popular tourist attraction. Following is a selection of other sights in Eisenach: Karlsplatz: adj...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palazzo Pitti: Encyclopedia Ii - Palazzo Pitti - The Medici
The building was sold in 1549 by Buonaccorso Pitti, a descendant of Luca Pitti, to Eleonora of Toledo, the luxury-loving wife of Grand Du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - La Pléiade: Encyclopedia Ii - La Pléiade - The French Renaissance Pléiade
The core group of the Renaissance "Pléiade" -- Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Jean-Antoine de Baïf -- came together at the Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles V Holy Roman Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles V Holy Roman Emperor - The Council Of Trent And Other Reforms
In 1545 the opening of the Council of Trent began the Counter-Reformation, and Charles won to the Catholic cause some of the princes of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gm Theta Platform: Encyclopedia Ii - Gm Theta Platform - Development
The Theta uses a four wheel independent suspension. Engine choices include the Ecotec Family II straight-4, 3400 V6, and even a Honda V6,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Duke Of Somerset: Encyclopedia Ii - Duke Of Somerset - Seymour Creation
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c.1506-1552), brother of Henry VIII's wife Jane Seymour, became Lord Protector of England during Mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foz Do Iguaçu: Encyclopedia Ii - Foz Do Iguaçu - History
In 1549, a Spanish explorer, Cabeza de Vaca, found the falls while trailing down the river. Very impressed, he named them "Quedas de Sant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wymondham: Encyclopedia Ii - Wymondham - History Of Wymondham
Wymondham - Before The Great Fire. Wymondham's most famous inhabitant was Robert Ket or Kett, who in 1549 led a rebellion of peasants a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maidstone: Encyclopedia Ii - Maidstone - Education
When Maidstone was incorporated in 1549 it was authorised to build a grammar school, which survives to this day as Maidstone Grammar Scho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Beza: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Beza - Teacher At Lausanne
He was heartily received by John Calvin, who had met him already in Wolmar's house, and was at once publicly and solemnly married in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Crowley Printer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Crowley Printer - Crowley's Status As A Printer
There is some scholarly disagreement about whether or not Crowley actually operated or managed a press that he owned or leased. On the on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Years In Science: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Years In Science - 1500s
1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519 1520 1521 1522 1523 1524 1525 1526 15...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cossack: Encyclopedia - Cossack
For the ghost town in Western Australia, see Cossack, Western Australia. Cossack is the common name that has been independently shared...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haiku: Encyclopedia - Haiku
Haiku is one of the most important modes of Japanese poetry, a late 19th century revision by Masaoka Shiki of the older hokku (発句), t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anabaptist: Encyclopedia - Anabaptist
Anabaptists (Greek ana+baptizo "re-baptizers", German: Wiedertäufer) are Christians of the so-called radical wing of the Protestant Refo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melaka: Encyclopedia - Melaka
Malacca (Jawi: ملاك; Malay: Melaka) (Malaysian state code : MK), (transport code : M), is the second smallest state in Mala...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Calvin: Encyclopedia - John Calvin
Background Christianity St. Augustine The Reformation Distinctives Calvin's Institutes Five Solas Five Points (TULIP) Regulative principl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Knox: Encyclopedia - John Knox
Background Christianity St. Augustine The Reformation Distinctives Calvin's Institutes Five Solas Five Points (TULIP) Regulative principl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1632: Encyclopedia - 1632
1632 - Events. February 22 - Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New Fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - March 29: Encyclopedia - March 29
March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). There are 277 days remaining. March 29 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1625: Encyclopedia - 1625
1625 - Events. March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. June 13 - Marriage of Charles...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - December 21: Encyclopedia - December 21
December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 10 days remaining. December 21 - Eve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counter-reformation: Encyclopedia - Counter-reformation
The Counter-Reformation or the Catholic Reformation was a strong reaffirmation of the doctrine and structure of the Catholic Church, clim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1477: Encyclopedia - 1477
1477 - Events. January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. This marks the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1601: Encyclopedia - 1601
1601 - Events. February 8 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed Febr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1496: Encyclopedia - 1496
1496 - Events. January 3 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. March 10 - Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1623: Encyclopedia - 1623
1623 - Events. August 6 - Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy. Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman II (1618-1622) ...   » 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 - 1605: Encyclopedia - 1605
1605 - Publications. Francis Bacon, Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Humane. 1605 - Births. April 8 - Ki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1492: Encyclopedia - 1492
1492 - Events. January 2 - Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1607: Encyclopedia - 1607
1607 - Events. January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. (Possibly tsunami) April 25 - Battle of G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1622: Encyclopedia - 1622
1622 - Events. January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. Februar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1612: Encyclopedia - 1612
1612 - Events. January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. Antonius Magirus's Koock-boeck ofte Familieren kevken-boeck is publish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1609: Encyclopedia - 1609
1609 - Science. Johannes Kepler publishes his first two laws of planetary motion in Astronomia Nova Hugo Grotius - Mare liberum 1609...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Calvin: Encyclopedia Ii - John Calvin - Reformed Geneva
John Calvin had been exiled from Geneva because he and his followers were suspected of wanting to create a "new papacy" and that's why he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melaka: Encyclopedia Ii - Melaka - History
Melaka - Sultanate of Malacca. Malacca was founded by Parameswara, a Srivijayan prince who left Sumatra in 1396 in order to further his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anabaptist: Encyclopedia Ii - Anabaptist - Anabaptist Origins
Anabaptist - Forerunners. Though the majority opinion is that Anabaptists began with the Radical Reformers in the 16th century, certain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angoulême: Encyclopedia Ii - Angoulême - History
Angoulême (Iculisma) was taken by Clovis from the Visigoths in 507, and plundered by the Normans in the 9th century. In 1360 it was surr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Knox: Encyclopedia Ii - John Knox - Organization Of The Church In Scotland.
He arrived in Edinburgh May 2, 1559. The time was a critical one. During his absence the reform party had become more numerous, more self...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Knox: Encyclopedia Ii - John Knox - Knox And Queen Mary
Queen Mary returned to Scotland in August, 1561, thoroughly predisposed against Knox, while he and the other Reformers looked upon her wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Knox: Encyclopedia Ii - John Knox - Ministry In Edinburgh And Private Life
Knox's life from the time of his return to Scotland in 1559 is a part of the history of his country and its full story is to be sought in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Knox: Encyclopedia Ii - John Knox - Personal Appearance And Manner
An interesting description of Knox's appearance, and especially of his style as a preacher, in his later years, is furnished in the Diary...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Knox: Encyclopedia Ii - John Knox - On The Continent, 1554-1559
From England, after the death of Edward, Knox proceeded to the continent, traveling for a time from place to place in some uncertainty. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Knox: Encyclopedia Ii - John Knox - Residence In England
On his release, which took place early in 1549, through the intervention, apparently, of the English government, Knox found that, in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Knox: Encyclopedia Ii - John Knox - Conversion To Protestantism
Knox first publicly professed the Protestant faith about the end of 1545, though it is thought that his beliefs had been moving in that d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Knox: Encyclopedia Ii - John Knox - Early Life
Many of the details of Knox's early life are unclear. His place of birth is not known for certain, though Giffordgate, a suburb of the to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Knox: Encyclopedia Ii - John Knox - Confinement In The French Galleys
After Beaton's death the castle at St. Andrews became a place of refuge for many Scottish Protestants, and Knox resided there in relative...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anabaptist: Encyclopedia Ii - Anabaptist - The Anabaptist Heritage
All those who hold the idea of a free church and freedom of religion (sometimes called separation of church and state) are greatly indebt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anabaptist: Encyclopedia Ii - Anabaptist - Anabaptists Today
Several existing denominational bodies may be legitimately regarded as the successors of the Continental Anabaptists — Amish, Baptists,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Calvin: Encyclopedia Ii - John Calvin - Biography
In 1523, at the age of 14, Calvin's father, an attorney, sent him to the University of Paris to study humanities and law. By 1532, he was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angoulême: Encyclopedia Ii - Angoulême - Miscellaneous
The famous Angoulême International Comics Festival takes place every year there. Angoulême is the seat of a bishop, a prefect, and a co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonio De Herrera Y Tordesillas: Encyclopedia Ii - Antonio De Herrera Y Tordesillas - Biography
His father, Roderigo de Tordesillas, and his mother, Agnes de Herrera, were both of good family. After studying for some time in his nati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anabaptist: Encyclopedia Ii - Anabaptist - Persecutions And Migrations
Much historic Roman Catholic and Protestant literature has represented the Anabaptists as groups who preached false doctrine and led peop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angoulême: Encyclopedia Ii - Angoulême - Sights
In place of its ancient fortifications, Angoulême is encircled by boulevards known as the Remparts, from which fine views may be obtaine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angoulême: Encyclopedia Ii - Angoulême - Geography
Angoulême is located 134 kilometres or 83 miles N.N.E. of Bordeaux on the railway between Bordeaux and Poitiers. The town proper occupie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Calvin: Encyclopedia Ii - John Calvin - Writings By Calvin
Calvin published several revisions of his Institutes of the Christian Religion — a seminal work in Christian theology that is still rea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Calvin: Encyclopedia Ii - John Calvin - The Spreading Of Calvinism
Although much of Calvin's practice was in Geneva, his publications spread his ideas of a correctly reformed church to many parts of Europ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melaka: Encyclopedia Ii - Melaka - Demographics
Malacca has a population of 648,000 as of 2001. The population comprises: Malays: 50%; Chinese: 40%; Indians: Constitutes a sizeable min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Calvin: Encyclopedia Ii - John Calvin - Usury And Capitalism
One school of thought about Calvinism long has been that it represented a revolt against the medieval condemnation of usury, and implicit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melaka: Encyclopedia Ii - Melaka - State Government
Malacca is administered by its State Assembly and Executive Committee (EXCO). The State Assembly represents the highest authority in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melaka: Encyclopedia Ii - Melaka - Culture And Economy
The tourism and manufacturing sectors are the two most important sectors in the state economy. Malacca has adopted as its slogan, "Visiti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anabaptist: Encyclopedia Ii - Anabaptist - Types Of Anabaptists
It is beneficial to recognize different types among the Anabaptists, although these categorizations tend to vary with the scholar's viewp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anabaptist: Encyclopedia Ii - Anabaptist - Designation And Definition
The present concept and idea of Anabaptism or rebaptism has existed at least since the 2nd century, and some Anabaptists also point to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anabaptist: Encyclopedia Ii - Anabaptist - Miscellany
The first leaders of the movement in Zürich — Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, Balthasar Hübmaier — were men learned in ...   » Read the article