Meanwhile…

Ivan IV becomes the first tsar

1547-01-16

Founding of Jamestown

1607-05-14

The Bossche Broek as a defensive landscape

16de eeuw

French Wars of Religion Begin

1562

Siege of Batavia by the Sultanate of Mataram

1629

The Protestant Reformation

1517-10-31

Jesuit Missions Spread Catholicism to Asia and the Americas

mid-1500s to 1700s

Discovery of the silver mines of Potosí

1545

The Manila galleon route connects Asia, America and Europe

1565

Founding of Fort Zeelandia on Formosa

1624

The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution

ca. 1450 – 1700

Discovery of lunar mountains and the moons of Jupiter

1610

Yermak's expedition opens up the Siberian route to the east

circa 1581-1585

Improvement of the telescope

1609

Ottoman Kaftans and Silk Trade Flourish

around 1550 AD

West African Kente Cloth Weaving Emerges

around 1600 AD

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Galileo Galilei born in Pisa

1564-02-15

Horses reach the Great Plains of North America

circa 1600