1570

1570 - Events. January 23 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the bull Regnans in Excelsis May 20 - Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. August 8 - The Peace of Saint-Germain ends the Third War of Religion in France. Again, the Huguenots are promised religious freedom and political autonomy. Académie française founded Including:

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Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah, Kaballah) is an interpretation (exegesis, hermeneutic) key, "soul" of the Torah (Hebrew Bible), or the religious mystical system of Judaism claiming an insight into divine nature. Kabbalah is a doctrine of esoteric knowledge concerning God, God's creation of the universe and the laws of nature, and the path by whic ...

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• Kabbalah - Origin of Jewish mysticism
• Kabbalah - Mystic doctrines in Talmudic times
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the early Middle Ages
• Kabbalah - Lurianic Kabbalah in the Middle Ages
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the Sefardim and Mizrahim
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the Maharal
• Kabbalah - The failure of Sabbatian mysticism
• Kabbalah - Spread of Kabbalah during the 1700s
• Kabbalah - The modern world
• Kabbalah - Primary texts
• Kabbalah - Theodicy: explanation for the existence of evil
• Kabbalah - Kabbalistic understanding of God
• Kabbalah - Sefirot
• Kabbalah - A Greek Orthodox theological view
• Kabbalah - The human soul in Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Foretelling the future
• Kabbalah - Practical applications
• Kabbalah - Textual antiquity of esoteric mysticism
• Kabbalah - Gnosticism and Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Criticisms
• Kabbalah - Dualism
• Kabbalah - Debate about Kabbalah in Judaism
• Kabbalah - Early critiques
• Kabbalah - Within Conservative and Reform Judaism
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah Centre
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah in non-Jewish society
• Kabbalah - Hermetic Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Fictional representations
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah personalities
• Kabbalah - Footnotes

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Yi Hwang(李滉 1501-1570) was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I (Yulgok). Yi Hwang is often referred to by his pen name Toegye (퇴계; 退溪 "Retreating Creek"). His courtesy name was Gyeongho (경호; 景浩). Yi Hwang was born in On'gye-ri (now Tosan), North Gyeongsang Province, on November 25, 1501. He was a child prodigy. At the age of six, he started to learn the Book of One Thousand letters from an old gentleman in ...

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Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (1543 in Safed-6 May 1620 in Damascus) was one of the most famous exponents of Kabbalah. As a young boy, Vital was educated by the scholar, Rabbi Moses Alshech. Other than that, most of his early life is full of legends. For instance, it is claimed that at the age of twelve, he was told by a chiromancer that when he reached the age of twenty-four, he would find himself standing before two roads, and would rise or fall according to his choice. Joseph Caro is said to have paid especial attention to Vital's ...

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Zamorin is the anglicised version of Samoothirippadu or Samoothiri, a title of the rulers of the erstwhile Hindu state of Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), located in the present day state of Kerala, India, between the 14th and 18th century AD. Manavikraman Raja, the Samoothiri of Kozhikode is famous for being the ruler that received the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama on May 18, 1498. Zamorin - Origins. The Samoothiri were previously known as the Eradis (rulers of Erana ...

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• Zamorin - Origins
• Zamorin - Battles with neighbours
• Zamorin - Mamankam festival
• Zamorin - Portuguese connection
• Zamorin - Key dates

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Cherkassk (Russian: Черкасск, currently village Starocherkasskaya Russian: станица Старочеркасская ) is an old Russian town in Rostov district that was the capital of Don Voisko Province between 1640s and 1805. Cherkassk - History. A cossack fortress Cherkassk on the island (later called Monastyrsky) of Don river was probably started before 1570 but it was first mentioned at chronicles in 1 ...

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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 Tell (German Wilhelm Tell, French Guillaume Tell, Italian Guglielmo Tell) was a legendary hero of disputed historical authenticity who is said to have lived in the Canton of Uri in Switzerland in the early 14th century. William Tell - The legend. William Tell from Bürglen was known as an expert marksman with the crossbow. At the time, the Habsburg emperors were seeking to dominate Uri. Hermann Gessler, the newly appointed Austrian reeve of Altdorf raised a pole in the village's ...

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• William Tell - The legend
• William Tell - The history of the legend
• William Tell - Other adaptations
• William Tell - Other references in culture and arts

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Saint Cuthbert Mayne (1543-1577), Catholic priest and martyr. He was born at Yorkston, near Barnstaple, in Devon, the son of William Mayne and was baptized on March 20, 1543/4, St Cuthbert's day. The times were not propitious for the Catholic faith and the England of Henry VIII was already in schism. With the ascent to the throne of the boy King Edward VI was to fall into the hands of an overtly Protestant regime. Cuthbert Mayne's uncle was a priest who leaned heavily to the new doctrines. The idea was that the boy, a good-natu ...

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2. The north has a separate president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). 3. Not recognised by Turkey, which instead recognises the TRNC. The TRNC is only recognised by Turkey 4. Of which 5,895 km² is in the south and 3,355 km² in the north 5. Number does not include approx. 230,000 inhabitants in the north 6. Number does not include any TRNC inhabitants 7. +90-392 (a Turkish access number) is used in the north The Republic of Cyprus (Greek: Κύπρος, Kýpros< ...

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• Cyprus - Terminology
• Cyprus - History
• Cyprus - Prehistoric and Ancient Cyprus
• Cyprus - Post-Classical and Modern Cyprus
• Cyprus - Geography
• Cyprus - Districts
• Cyprus - Politics
• Cyprus - Political division
• Cyprus - Exclaves and enclaves
• Cyprus - Reunification the Annan Plan and EU entry
• Cyprus - Economy
• Cyprus - Demographics
• Cyprus - Education
• Cyprus - Personalities
• Cyprus - Educational Institutes
• Cyprus - Miscellaneous

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Crispin van den Broeck (1523-1591) was a Flemish painter. He was born in Mechelen. He came from a family of artists, was probably trained by his father, and was the brother of Willem van den Broeck. He worked as a painter, draftsman and engraver. He was enlisted as a master in the Antwerp Guild of St Luke in 1555–6, where he became a citizen in 1559. In Antwerp he was a collaborator of Frans Floris with whom he remained until the master’s death in 1570. According to Karel van Mander, Crispin van den Broeck and Frans Pourbus

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Cozumel (Maya: Island of the Swallows) is an island off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen. It is one of the eight municipalities (municipios) of the state of Quintana Roo. Cozumel is a popular tourist destination renowned for its scuba diving. The main town on the island is San Miguel. The island is about 48 km (30 miles) north-south and 16 km (10 miles) east-west, and is the largest island of Mexico. It is about 20 km (12 miles) from the mainland, and some 60 km (36 miles ...

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• Cozumel - History
• Cozumel - Geography
• Cozumel - Biodiversity
• Cozumel - Demographics
• Cozumel - Culture
• Cozumel - Government

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The French Wars of Religion were a series of conflicts fought between Catholics and Huguenots (Protestants) from the middle of the sixteenth century to the Edict of Nantes in 1598, including civil infighting as well as military operations. In addition to the religious elements, they involved a struggle of influence over the ruling of the country between the powerful House of Guise (Lorraine) and the Catholic League ...

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Vologda (Russian: Во́логда) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Vologda Oblast. It is located at 59°12′N 39°51′E, and has a population of 293,046 (2002). Vologda takes its name from the Vologda River which flows through the city. Its name means "the pure one" in the language of indigenous Finno-Ugric population. Vologda was first mentioned in Novgorod chronicles for 1147, when Saint Gerasim found a church and village already standing there. Surrounded by impassable wo ...

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Boris Feodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в) (c. 1551 – April 13, 1605) was de facto regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. Boris Godunov - Early years. Boris was the most famous member of an ancient, now extinct, Russian family of Tatar origin, which migrated from the Horde to Kostroma in the early 14th century. Boris's career of service began at the court of Ivan the Terrible. He is mentioned in 1570 as taking part ...

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• Boris Godunov - Early years
• Boris Godunov - Years of regency
• Boris Godunov - Years of tsardom
• Boris Godunov - Arts based on Boris Godunov

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By category Medieval 16th Century - 17th Century 18th Century -19th Century 20th Century - Contemporary Chronological list Writers by category Novelists - Playwrights Poets - Essayists Short Story Writers Alexandre Hardy (c. 1570/1572 - 1632) was a French dramatist, one of the most prolific of all time. He claimed to have written so ...

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The Algonquins or Algonkins are an aboriginal North American people speaking Algonquin, an Algonquian language. Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, with whom they form the larger Anishinaabe grouping. The tribe has also given its name to the much larger group of Algonkian peoples, who stretch from Virginia to the Rocky Mountains and north to Hudson Bay. Most Algonkins, however, live in Quebec; the nine Algonkin bands in that province and one in Ontario have a combined p ...

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• Algonquin - Economy
• Algonquin - History
• Algonquin - Modern events
• Algonquin - Algonkin communities

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Amalfi is a town and archepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno, 24 miles southeast of Naples. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 meters, 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery. It is one of the historical "Maritime Republics" (Repubbliche Marinare) of Middle Ages Italy. Amalfi - History. Amalfi is first mentioned in the 6th century, and soon acquired importance as a maritime power, trading its grain, salt and s ...

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• Amalfi - Today

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The Air de cour was a popular type of secular vocal music in France in the very late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 1570 until around 1650. From approximately 1610 to 1635, during the reign of Louis XIII, this was the predominant form of secular vocal composition in France. The earliest examples of the form are for solo voice accompanied by lute; towards the end of the 16th century, four or five voices are common, sometimes accompanied (or instrumental accompaniment may have been optional); and by the mid 17th ...

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In architecture and structural engineering, a truss is a structure consisting of straight slender members inter-connected at joints into triangular units. Truss - History. The earliest trusses were made out of timber. The Greeks used truss construction for their dewllings. In 1570, Andrea Palladio published I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura, which contained instructions for wooden trusses bridges. Truss bridge, Lattice bridge, utilizing a truss form that allows the use ...

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• Truss - History
• Truss - Statics of trusses
• Truss - Vierendeel truss
• Truss - Analysis of trusses
• Truss - Forces in members
• Truss - Design of members
• Truss - Design of joints

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