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

The First Voyage to the East Indies

1595-1597

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution

ca. 1450 – 1700

John Harington designs the first modern toilet

1596

Oñate blazes the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

1598

Ottoman Kaftans and Silk Trade Flourish

around 1550 AD

Capoeira develops among enslaved Africans in Brazil

around the 16th to 19th century

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden