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Depending on the continent, the era generally falls between the years AD 200–600 and AD 1200–1500. The major classical civilizations that the era follows are Han China (ending in 220), the Western Roman Empire (in 476), the Gupta Empire (in the 550s), and the Sasanian Empire (in 651). Middle Ages – Lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
Courtship and marriage in Tudor England (1485–1603) marked the legal rite of passage [1] for individuals as it was considered the transition from youth to adulthood. It was an affair that often involved not only the man and woman in courtship but their parents and families as well.
July 17 – Luther enters the monastic life, at an Augustinian cloister in Erfurt called St. Augustine's Monastery. [125] July 24 – Travelling to India, a group of Portuguese explorers led by Francisco de Almeida, with 22 ships and 1,500 men, sack the city-state of Kilwa in East Africa, killing the Emir Abraham for failing to pay tribute ...
For a full timeline overview, see timeline of British history. There was no concept of "British history" in the 1500s, except that the word "British" was used to refer to the ancient Britons and the Welsh. This page presents a timeline of events in the history of England and Scotland from 1500 until 1599. 1509 England – Henry VIII crowned and married to Catherine of Aragon 1513 England and ...
1513: Vasco Núñez de Balboa, in service of Spain arrives at the Pacific Ocean (which he called Mar del Sur) across the Isthmus of Panama. He was the first European to do so. 1514: The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe. 1514: Dózsa rebellion (peasant revolt) in Hungary.
1500. Publication of This is the Boke of Cokery, the first known printed cookbook in English. 1501. 27 January – Archbishop of Canterbury-elect Thomas Langton dies before his consecration. [citation needed] March – first royal court held at the new Richmond Palace. [1] 26 April – Henry Deane elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury ...
1500s may refer to: The period from 1500 to 1599, almost synonymous with the 16th century (1501–1600) 1500s (decade), the period from 1500 to 1509
Most sources contemporary with the rise of the fashion in the mid-1500s thought the lovelock was worn in imitation of an American Indian hairstyle.People such as Francis Higginson—Salem, Massachusetts's first minister—"reported [in his 1630 book New-Englands Plantation] speculation that the style of wearing one long lock of hair among fashionable young men in England was conscious ...