On 10 August 1519, the fleet of five ships under Magellan's command left Seville and traveled south from the Guadalquivir River to San Lucar de Barrameda at the mouth of the rivers, where they remained more than five weeks. Spanish authorities were wary of the Portuguese admiral and almost prevented Magellan from sailing, but on September 20, Magellan set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men. ...

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Magellan was born in Sabrosa (near Vila Real, in the province of Trás-os-Montes of north Portugal) or in Porto. The son of Pedro Rui de Magalhães, the mayor of the town, and Alda de Mesquita, Magellan had two siblings: his brother Diogo de Sousa, named after his grandmother, and his sister Isabel. Magellan's parents died when he was ten. At 12, Magellan became a page to King John II and Queen Eleonora at the royal court at the capital of Lisbon, where his brother had gone two years before. Here, with his cousin Francisco Serrano, Ma ...

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1521 - Events. January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. January 28 - Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25. March 6 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam. March 16 - Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines. April 7 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu. April 16 - 18 - Martin Luther is examined before Emperor Charles V and the German Diet of Worms. April 26 - Martin Luther leaves Worms and disap ...

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In third-dimensional terms, the Venus transit is an exciting planetary eclipse of sorts. In the realm of Master Guide Kirael, the transit of Venus is a profound alignment of energies that will forever shift our Earth realities. So what does the Venus transit have to do with Ferdinand Magellan, Mary Magdalene, the over-mastermind, the Goddess Light and the Great Shift in consciousness? Fasten your seatbelts, everyone, and prepare for peace on Earth.

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1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s 1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519 ---- 1510s - Events and Trends. Peter Henlein builds the first pocketwatch Battle of Orsha; Belarussians and Poles defeat the Russian army Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church Selim I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire conquers Palestine and Egypt, and declares himself Caliph Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico. Ferdinand Magellan leave ...

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April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. April 27 - Events. 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England. 1509 - Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict. 1521 - Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu. 1565 ...

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April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). There are 268 days remaining. April 7 - Events. 529 - first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I 1348 - Charles University is founded in Prague. 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu 1541 - Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies. 1655 - Fab ...

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1519 - Events. March 4 - Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico. June 28 - Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556). July 4 - Martin Luther joins the debate regarding papal authority against John Eck at Leipzig. September 20 - Ferdinand Magellan leaves Europe to circumnavigate the world. November 8 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a retur ...

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Datu is the title for ancient tribal chieftains in the pre-hispanic Philippines. Together with Sultan and Raja they are also titles of royalty and currently used in Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia and are the equivalent of Dukes, Marquis, etc.. Datu was derived from Malay words dato' or datok, which are the royal titles of the Malays. The myth of the arrival of ten Bornean datus is celebrated in the Binirayan festival in the island of Panay (in ancient tongue called "Aninipay"). Datu - Datu in Filipin ...

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Visayas is one of the three island groupings in the Philippines along with Luzon and Mindanao. It consists of several islands, forming the central part of the country's archipelago. The major islands are: Panay Negros Cebu Bohol Leyte Samar Visayas - Regions and Provinces. Politically, Visayas is divided into 3 regions which are further subdivided into 16 provinces. Visayas - Western Vis ...

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The Wallace Line is a hypothetical boundary which separates the zoogeographical regions of Asia and Australasia. West of the line are found organisms related to Asiatic species; to the east, mostly organisms related to Australian species. The Line is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, who noticed the apparent dividing line during his travels through the East Indies in the 19th Century. The line runs through the Malay Archipelago, between Borneo and Celebes; and between Bali (in the west) and Lombok (in the east). Evidence of the Line ...

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1480 - Events. March 6 - Treaty of Toledo - Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize African conquests of Afonso of Portugal and he cedes the Canary Islands to Spain Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden Horde. Ludovico Sforza becomes Regent of Milan (reigns until 1499) Concorts and co-rulers Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile initiate the Spanish Inquisition (looking for heretics in converted Jews) Leonardo ...

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To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. More recently, the term has also been used to cover aerial round-the-world flights. see also modern circumnavigation. Circumnavigation - World Circumnavigation. Different definitions of world circumnavigation have been used to suit the purposes of the persons wishing to attain notability for completing one. In sailing, a world circumnavigation is a passage of at least 21,600 nautical ...

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1520 - Events. January 18 - King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde. June - Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan is declared deposed due to his captivity by conquistador Hernán Cortés. His brother Cuitláhuac rises to the throne. June 7 - Field of Cloth of Gold. Famous meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France. July 1 - The forces of Cuitláhuac, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan gain a major victory against the forc ...

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The Child Jesus is a religious symbol based on the activities of Jesus as an infant up to the age of twelve that recurs throughout history starting from around the 3rd & 4th century with religious figurines and icons of the infant Jesus, usually with His mother, the Virgin Mary, and His father Joseph. This "original nuclear family" symbolized the Holy Trinity to many early Christian believers and solidified the family unit with such deep spiritual significance that it eventually became an integral part of the Cath ...

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Cebu is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is Cebu City. Cebu is a long narrow island that stretches 225 km (140 mi) from north to south and is surrounded by 167 neighboring small islands, including Mactan Island, Bantayan, Daanbantayan, Malapascua, Olango the Camotes Islands, etc. Cebu is one of the most developed provinces in the country. The metropoli ...

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1522 - Events. January 9 - Adrian Dedens becomes Pope Adrian VI. February 26 - Execution by hanging of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan under orders of conquistador Hernán Cortés. April 22 - Battle of Bicocca - French and Swiss forces under Odet de Lautrec are defeated by the Spanish in their attempt to retake Milan, and are forced to withdraw into Venetian territory. July 28 - Beginning of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I's siege of the Knights of St. John in Rhodes. ...

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Mapuche (Mapudungun; Che, "People" + Mapu, "of the Land") are the original Amerindian inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. In the Spanish language they are also known as araucanos (Araucanians). Contrary to popular belief, the Quechua word arauco (rebel), is not the root of araucano. The Mapuche had an economy based on agriculture; their socia ...

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He was captured from Sumatra (then known as Zamatra) at the age of 12 to 18 in 1511 and became a slave of Ferdinand Magellan when Magellan was in the Moluccas in expeditions under Diego López Sequeira and Alfonso de Albuquerque. The Portuguese were colonizing parts of Malaysia and Indonesia then. Duarte Barbosa mentions a community of Filipino merchants, workers and mercenaries at Malacca at the same time that Magellan acquired Enrique there. It is very unlikely that any of the Muslim Malays would sell a fellow Muslim to a Christian, so the more likely sou ...

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