Meanwhile…

The Bossche Broek as a defensive landscape

16de eeuw

French Wars of Religion Begin

1562

Cuijk during the Eighty Years' War

late 16th century AD

The Protestant Reformation

1517-10-31

Jesuit Missions Spread Catholicism to Asia and the Americas

mid-1500s to 1700s

Publication of the Bencao Gangmu by Li Shizhen

1578

Studies at the University of Pisa

rond 1581

Discovery of the law of the pendulum

rond 1583

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

circa 1581-1585

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