1549 - Events.
July - Kett's Rebellion
Francis Xavier arrives in Japan.
Salvador established, first capital of Brazil
Petrus Canisius starts the Counter-Reformation in Bavaria
1549 - Births.
July 30 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1609)
November 5 - Philippe de Mornay, French writer (died 1623)
Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (died 1625)
Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanes ...
1469 - Events.
July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor
October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. This event would lead to a unified Spain in 1516.
Sigismund of Austria sells upper-Elsass (Alsace) to the Charles the Bold in exchange of aid in a war against the Swiss
Uzun Hassan wins in Persia and defeats Abu Said
Lorenzo de' Medici takes power in Florence
Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by Axayacatl.
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1492 - Events.
January 2 - Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege.
March 30 - Ferdinand and Isabella sign a decree expelling all Jews and Black ladinos from Spain unless they convert to Roman Catholicism.
August 3 - Christopher Columbus first sails to the Americas
August 3 - The Jews are expelled from Spain.
October 12 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. Th ...
Candomblé is an Afro-American religion practiced chiefly in Brazil but also in adjacent countries. The religion came from Africa to Brazil, carried by African priests and adherents who were brought as slaves between 1549 and 1888. The name Batuque is also used, especially before the 19th century when Candomblé became more common. Both words are believed to derive from a Bantu-family language.
Although originally confined to the slave population, banned by the Catholic church, and even criminalized by some govern ...
Candomblé is a spiritualist religion and worships a number of gods or spirits, derived from African deities:
the Orishas of Yoruba mythology (Ketu nation), spelled Orixás in Portuguese;
the Voduns of the Ewe and Fon (Jejé nation); and
the Inkices (Minkisi) of the Bantu (Angola nation).
These spirits were created by a supreme God: the Olorun (Olorum) of the Yoruba, Zambi or Zambiapo ...
