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A. B. 



land. Sweden and Denmark united. The con- 

 federacy of the Holy Junta in Spain. Ludo- 

 views Vives of Valentia, ob. 1.536. 



I.r2l. A largo comet appears in April between Cancer 

 and Leo. A league against Francis I. between 

 the emperor and Henry VIII. The diet of 

 Worms, April 17. Belgrade taken by the 

 Turks, August. The title of " Defender of the 

 Faith," conferred on Henry VIII. Coperni- 

 cus of Thorn in Prussia, ob. 1543, xt. 60. 



1522. The island of Rhodes taken from the Knights by 



the Turks, Dec. 25. The first voyage round 

 the world, by a ship of Magellan's squadron. 

 Michael Angelo, ob. 1564, xt. 89. 



1523. Sweden and Denmark disunited. Paracelsus, ob. 



15*1, at. 4-8. 



152*. Clement Marot, ob. 1544, it. 60. Queen Katha- 

 rine of England, ob. 1536, act. 50. 



1525. The battle of Pavia, in which Francis I. was ta- 



ken prisoner, Feb. 24. Julio Romano, ob. 

 1546, act. 54. Sir Thomas More, lord chancel- 



lor, ob. 1535. 



1526. A comet appears from 23d Aug. to 7th Septem. 



Treaty of Madrid, Jan. 1*. The inquisition es- 

 tablished in Portugal. Lutheranism established 

 in Denmark. Paul Jovius, ob. 1552, set. 70. 



1527. A large comet appears in Leo on the llth Aug. 



The papal territories invaded by Charles V. 

 and Rome taken and plundered. May 6th. Ber- 

 muda isles discovered. Francis Rabelais, ob. 

 1553, at. 70. 



1528. A comet appears in Pisces on the 18th January. 



Popery abolished in Sweden. Andrew Doria, 

 ob. 1560, xt. 93. Olaus Magnus, ob. 1544. 



1529. Four comets and an aurora borealis appear. The 



diet of Spires, March 15, against the reformers, 

 after which they received the name of Protestants. 

 The treaty of Cambray, Aug. 5. Vienna be- 

 sieged by the Turks, who are repulsed. J. Geo. 

 Tnssino, ob. 1550. 



L530. A comet appeared from the 6th August to the 

 13th Sept. The diet of Augsburg, June 25. 

 Union of the Protestants at Smalcald, Dec. 22. 

 The secretary of state's office instituted in Eng. 

 land. Spinning wheel invented by Jurgen of 

 Brunswick. Martin Bucer, ob. 1551, act. 60. 



1531. Post-offices in England. A great earthquake at 



Lisbon. A comet appeared ; see ASTIIONOMY, 

 p. 81*. Hieronymus Vida, ob.' 1566. 



1532. The court of session instituted in Scotland. Peace 



between the emperor and German princes, July 

 23. A comet appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 

 814. Treaty of Nuremberg, Aug. 2. Lilio 

 Giraldi, ob. 1552, aet. 7*. 



1533. Authority of the pope abolished in England. An 



insurrection of the Anabaptists in Westphalia. 

 A comet appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 81*. 

 Ignatius Loyola, ob. 1556, xt. 65. 



1534. The kingdom of Tunis seized by Barbarossa. 



The Reformation takes place in England, March 

 30. Julius Caesar Scaliger, ob. 1558, xt. 75. 

 Anne Bulleyn, queen of England, ob. 1536. 



1 535. The Reformation introduced into Ireland. Charles 



Vth's expedition into Africa terminates, Aug. 

 14. The society of the Jesuits formed. Arch- 

 bishop Cranmer, ob. 1556, aet. 67. Barbarossa 

 the Turkish general, ob. 1547. 



1536. Expedition of James king of Scotland into France. 



A. D. 



1537. 

 1538. 



1539. 



A league against Charles V. between Solyman 

 and Francis. John Leland, ob. 1552. Jane 

 Seymour, queen of England, ob. 1537. 



A comet appeared in Taurus, in May, and was 

 seen 3 weeks. Fracastorius, ob. 1553, set. 71. 



A comet appeared in Pisces from the 17th to the 

 21st January. A treaty, which lasts 4 years, 

 concluded at Nice between Charles and Francis, 

 June 18. Peter Aretino, ob. 1556, act. 65. 



A comet moving in a retrograde direction was seen 

 in Leo from the 6th to the 17th of May. A 

 rebellion at Ghent. The Bible printed in Eng- 

 lish. The Cortez in Spain subverted by Charles 

 V. 615 monasteries, &c. suppressed in England 

 and Wales. John Sleidan, ob. 1456. Ann of 

 Cleves, queen of England, divorced 1540. 

 1540. A comet appeared. Sebastian Cabot discovers 

 the variation of the compass. The order of 

 knights of St John abolished. The society of 

 Jesuits established. Robert Stephens, ob. 1559, 

 aet. 56. Catharine Howard, queen of England, 

 ob. 1542. 



15*1. A comet appeared. Solyman subjects Hungary. 

 Algiers besieged by Charles, Oct. 21. MeTanc- 

 thon, ob. 1560, aet. 64. 



1 54^2. A comet was seen near Constantinople for 40 days. 

 A treaty between Francis I. and Solyman against 

 Charles V. Japan discovered. Hieron. Woltius, 

 ob. 1580, act. 64. Scotland invaded by the 

 English, who defeat the Scots at Solway Moss, 

 Nov. 2S. Titian Vecelli, ob. 1576, aet. 99. 



1543. Mortars and iron cannon made in England. Iron 



first cast in England. A league between Charles 

 V. and Henry, against Francis I. The academy 

 of Verona founded. California discovered. Pins 

 introduced from France into England. John 

 Calvin, ob. 1564, aet. 55. Catharine Parr, queen 

 of England. 



1544. The Imperialists defeated by the French at the 



battle of Cerisoles, April 11. The crown of 

 Sweden declared hereditary. Treaty of Crespi 

 between the emperor and Francis I. Sept. 18. 

 The reformed religion tolerated in Sweden. 

 Adrian Turnebus, ob. 1565, xt. 53. 



15*5. A comet was seen in the west for several days. 

 Needles first made in England. Disturbances 

 in Scotland. The English defeated by the Scots 

 at Ancram Muir. The council of Trent begins 

 and lasts 18 years. Conrad Gesner, ob. 1565, 

 zt. 49. 



15*6. A league against the Protestants between the em- 

 peror and the pope. Socinianism springs up in 

 Italy. Camerarius, ob. 157*, at. 75. 



1547. A comet appeared. The elector of Saxony de- 

 feated by the emperor at Mulberg, April 24, 

 Fiesque's conspiracy in Genoa. The Scots de- 

 feated by the English at Pinkey, Sept. 10. 

 Jerome Cardan, ob. 1575, act. 75. 



15*8. War between the Persians and Turks. The in- 

 terim granted to the Protestants by Charles V. 

 The Reformation advances in Poland. Jo. Ge- 

 nesius de Sepulveda, the restorer of learning in 

 Spain, ob. 1572, set. 81. 



1550. The eldest sons of peers permitted to sit in the 



House of Commons. Bank of Venice established. 

 Iron bullets first used in England. Stockings 

 first knit in Spain. 



1551. A league against the emperor between Henry II. 



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