1560 - Events. February 27 - The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. July 6 - Treaty of Edinburgh between England, France and Scotland. The French withdraw from Scotland. This largely ends the "Auld Alliance" between France and Scotland, and ends the wars between England and its northern neighbor. August 17 - the Roman Church is overthro ...

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Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Orthellius, Abraham Ortels, Abraham Wortels) (April 14, 1527 - 1598) was a cartographer and geographer, credited as the creator of the modern atlas. He was born in Antwerp in modern Belgium. A member of the influential Ortelius family of Augsburg, he traveled extensively in Europe. He is specifically known to have traveled throughout the Seventeen Provinces; south and west Germany (e.g., 1560, 1575-1576); France (1559-1560); England and Ireland (1571), and Italy (15 ...

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Sully can refer to: Sully - People. Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully (1560-1641), French statesman and minister of Henry IV Sandra Sully James Sully Thomas Sully Sully Prudhomme Eugene Sully was a contestant and runner up in Big Brother Series 6, UK Sully - Places. Sully is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Sully, in the Calvados département

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Breeches are an item of clothing covering the body from the waist down, with separate coverings for each leg. The spelling britches reflects a common pronunciation, and is generally used in casual speech to mean "pants". Breeks is a Scots or northern English spelling and pronunciation. See more at Trousers, Knickers. Breeches - Etymology. Breeches is a double plural known since c.1205, from Old English (and before Old French) brec or breoc, which was already ...

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A former Turkoman military general, Bairam Khan served as the regent to the underage Mughal ruler Akbar, who came to power in 1556. Bairam was very important in securing Akbar's rule during the young ruler's first years in power. He also contributed greatly to the reconquest of the Mughal empire, most notably at the Second battle of Panipat. Bairam was dismissed upon Akbar's coming-of-age in 1560. He then left up

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Bartolommeo (or Baccio) Bandinelli (November 12, 1493 - February 7, 1560), Florentine sculptor and painter, was the son of an eminent goldsmith, and from him Bandinelli obtained the first elements of drawing. Showing a strong inclination for the fine arts, he was early placed under Rustici, a sculptor, and a friend of Leonardo da Vinci, with whom he made rapid progress. The ruling motive in his life seems to have been jealousy both of Benvenuto Cellini and of Michelangelo, on ...

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Charles IX (June 27, 1550 – May 30, 1574) was born Charles-Maximilien, the son of King Henri II of France and Catherine de Medici. He was born in the royal chateau at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. After the death of his elder brother, Francis II, in 1560, he inherited the throne and was crowned King of France in 1561 in the cathedral at Reims. The politics of that era was greatly influenced by the power of the ambitious Catherine de Medici and the Guises. During the reign of Charles IX a new product was introduced, designed to cure ulcers and heal wounds along wit ...

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William Sommers (d. June 15, 1560), court fool of Henry VIII, is said to have been brought to the king at Greenwich by Richard Fermor, about 1525. He was soon in high favour with Henry, whose liberality to Sommers is attested by the accounts of the royal household. The jester possessed a shrewd wit, which he exercised even on Cardinal Wolsey. He is said to have warned his master of the wasteful methods of the excheq ...

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William Kethe, also Keithe, (1561-June 6, 1594) Kethe may have been Scottish, but this has never been confirmed. His name first enters the historical record among the Marian exiles in Frank­furt in 1555 and Genevain 1557, indicating he left with those who took John Knox's side in the troubles at Frankfurt. Kethe helped trans­late the Geneva Bible in 1560 and contributed twenty-five psalms to the 1561 Anglo-Ge­ne­van Psalt­er. Only ten of these were retained in the 1562 English Psalter, while the 1564 Scottish Psalte

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Adriaen de Vries (ca.1560?—1626) was a Dutch Mannerist sculptor, who excelled in bronze casting. Born in The Hague to an apothecary, it is unknown where he learned how to sculpt. However, he left home and travelled to Florence, where he worked with the master Mannerist sculptor Giambologna. He later worked as a sculptor in the court of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy in Turin, and around 1593 he worked in Prague, making busts and reliefs for Emperor Rudolf II. These sculptures are now housed in Vienna. He remained in Prague ...

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The Amboise conspiracy, or Tumult of Amboise (1560), was a failed attempt by Huguenots and the house of Bourbon to wrest power over France, by abducting the young king, Francis II and arresting François (the Duke of Guise) and his brother Charles (cardinal of Lorraine). Rumors of the plot reached Charles ahead of time, and the conspirators were massacred. In the following weeks, 1200 bodies hung on iron hooks on the façade of the Château d'Amboise and from nearby trees, enraging the Huguenot opponents of the house of

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