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

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution

ca. 1450 – 1700

Publication of the Bencao Gangmu by Li Shizhen

1578

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