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THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY
| A.D. | |
|---|---|
| 1509. | Henry VIII King of England. |
| 1512. | Selim Sultan (to 1520). He bought the title of Caliph. Fall of Soderini (and Machiavelli) in Florence. |
| 1513. | Leo X Pope. |
| 1515. | Francis I King of France. |
| 1517. | Selim annexed Egypt. Luther propounded his theses at Wittenberg. |
| 1519. | Leonardo da Vinci died. Magellan's expedition started to sail round the world. Cortez entered Mexico city. |
| 1520. | Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan (to 1566), who ruled from Bagdad to Hungary. Charles V Emperor. |
| 1521. | Luther at the Diet of Worms. Loyola wounded at Pampeluna. |
| 1525. | Baber won the battle of Panipat, captured Delhi, and founded the Mogul Empire. |
| 1527. | The German troops in Italy, under the Constable of Bourbon, took and pillaged Rome. |
| 1529. | Suleiman besieged Vienna. |
| 1530. | Pizarro invaded Peru. Charles V crowned by the Pope. Henry VIII began his quarrel with the Papacy. |
| 1532. | The Anabaptists seized Münster. |
| 1535. | Fall of the Anabaptist rule in Münster. |
| 1539. | The Company of Jesus founded. |
| 1543. | Copernicus died. |
| 1545. | The Council of Trent (to 1563) assembled to put the church in order. |
| 1546. | Martin Luther died. |
| 1547. | Ivan IV (the Terrible) took the title of Tsar of Russia. Francis I died. |
| 1549. | First Jesuit missions arrived in South America. |
| 1552. | Treaty of Passau. Temporary pacification of Germany. |
| 1556. | Charles V abdicated. Akbar Great Mogul (to 1605). Ignatius of Loyola died. |
| 1558. | Death of Charles V. |
| 1563. | End of the Council of Trent and the reform of the Catholic Church. |
| 1564. | Galileo born. |
