During the 16th century, Paris was the largest city in Europe, with a population of about 350,000 in 1550.[citation needed] The 16th century saw the Renaissance...
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The 16th century began with the Julian year 1501 (represented by the Roman numerals MDI) and ended with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 (MDC)...
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state leaders in the 18th century See also: List of state leaders in the 16th-century Holy Roman Empire List of state leaders in 16th-century South Asia...
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The 16th arrondissement of Paris (le XVIe arrondissement; French pronunciation: [lə sɛzjɛm aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃]) is the westernmost of the 20 arrondissements of...
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publications in the 16th century. 1501 Italic type (cut by Francesco Griffo) is first used by Aldus Manutius at the Aldine Press in Venice, in an octavo...
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In 16th-century Christianity, Protestantism came to the forefront and marked a significant change in the Christian world. During the age of discovery,...
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Paris, the capital of France, has an annual 30 million foreign visitors, and so is one of the most visited cities in the world. Paris' sights include...
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Paris in the 17th century was the largest city in Europe, with a population of half a million, matched in size only by London. It was ruled in turn by...
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the development of art in Paris in the 16th and 17th centuries, particularly in sculpture and reliefs. Painting and sculpture became the pride of the...
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Paris in the 18th century was the second-largest city in Europe, after London, with a population of about 600,000 people. The century saw the construction...
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Timeline of French history (redirect from 16th century in France)
l'histoire moderne (in French) (2nd ed.). Brussels: Hauman – via HathiTrust. (+ via Google Books) Manuel chronologique (in French). Paris: Société pour la...
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The city of Paris has notable examples of architecture from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It was the birthplace of the Gothic style, and has important...
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Musée Carnavalet (redirect from Musée historique de la Ville de Paris)
16th century, contains furnished rooms from different periods of Paris history, historic objects, and a very large collection of paintings of Paris life;...
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Demographics of Paris Council of Paris Mayors of Paris Twin towns and sister cities of Paris Paris in the Middle Ages Paris in the 16th century Paris in the 17th...
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Burgundians and English soldiers. In the 16th century, Paris became the book-publishing capital of Europe, though it was shaken by the French Wars of Religion between...
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Tudor period (redirect from 16th century England)
The high wages and abundance of available land seen in the late 15th and early 16th centuries were replaced with low wages and a land shortage. Various...
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Septuagint manuscripts (redirect from List of Greek versions of the Old Testament that have the Tetragrammaton)
The earliest surviving manuscripts of the Septuagint (abbreviated as LXX meaning 70), an ancient (first centuries BCE) translation of the ancient Hebrew...
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French Gothic architecture (redirect from Gothic architecture in France)
architectural style which emerged in France in 1140, and was dominant until the mid-16th century. The most notable examples are the great Gothic cathedrals of...
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The mines of Paris (French: carrières de Paris – "quarries of Paris") comprise a number of abandoned, subterranean mines under Paris, France, connected...
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The University of Paris (French: Université de Paris), known metonymically as the Sorbonne (French: [sɔʁbɔn]), was the leading university in Paris, France...
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held since the 16th century or earlier, with a long 20th century interregnum. The Carnival of Paris is a festival with a very long history in the French capital...
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Timeline of Swedish history (redirect from 16th century in Sweden)
Jacques Lacombe [in French] (1762). Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de Suede [Short Chronological History of Sweden] (in French). Paris: Jean-Thomas Herissant...
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[otœj]) is the westernmost quarter of Paris, France, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the Right Bank. It is adjacent to Passy to the northeast (administratively...
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Timeline of Taiwanese history (redirect from 16th century in Taiwan)
Colonization in the Seventeenth Century, Columbia University Press Andrade, Tonio (2008d), "Chapter 4: La Isla Hermosa: The Rise of the Spanish Colony in Northern...
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Île de la Cité (redirect from Island of Paris)
(56 acres) in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine, in central Paris. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the area governor...
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Louvre (redirect from Musée du Louvre, Paris)
including a 16th-century six-part tapestry suite, sewn with gold and silver threads representing sea divinities, which was commissioned in Paris for Colbert...
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Chaillot (category 16th arrondissement of Paris)
[ʃajo]) is a quarter of Paris, France, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the Right Bank. It is adjacent to Passy to the southwest (administratively...
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Faubourg (category Neighborhoods in New Orleans)
in terms of banlieue, which lead to similarities of many Ontarian and American suburbs. Faubourgs were prominent around Paris since the 16th century....
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fountains, the oldest dating back to the 16th century. It also has more than one hundred Wallace drinking fountains. Most of the fountains are the property...
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Empire Fermanagh Capital: Lisnaskea France – Kingdom of France Capital: Paris Gajapati – Gajapati dynasty, Odisha Capital: Cuttack Garhwal – Kingdom...
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