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    Year 1566 (MDLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 7 – Cardinal Michele Ghislieri...
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    sightings of celestial phenomena occurred in 1566 above Basel, Switzerland. The Basel pamphlet of 1566 describes unusual sunrises and sunsets. Celestial...
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  • Ming Dynasty in 1566 is a Chinese television series based on the events in the reign of the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming dynasty. It was first broadcast...
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    The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (Dutch: Nederlandse Opstand) (c. 1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate...
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    1566 Icarus (/ˈɪkərəs/ IK-ə-rəs; provisional designation: 1949 MA) is a large near-Earth object of the Apollo group and the lowest numbered potentially...
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  • article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1566. September 2 – The stage collapses during a performance of Richard Edwardes'...
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    NGC 1566, sometimes known as the Spanish Dancer, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado, positioned about 3.5° to the south of the...
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  • 1560s BC (redirect from 1566 BC)
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    The fort had blocked Sultan Suleiman's line of advance towards Vienna in 1566. The battle was fought between the defending forces of the Habsburg monarchy...
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  • 1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569 1570 1571 1572 1573 1574 1575 1576 … In literature 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569 Art Archaeology...
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    Events from the year 1566 in Sweden Monarch – Eric XIV 26 March - 250 Swedes die in an attempt to capture Bohus Fortress. June - Nils Svantesson Sture...
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    The Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts (Portuguese: Guerra Turco-Portuguesa, Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu-Portekiz İmparatorluğu çekişmesi, 1538–60) were a...
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    the second half of the 15th century. Under Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566), the empire reached the zenith of its power, prosperity, and political development...
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  • … 1556 1557 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569 1570 1571 1572 1573 1574 1575 1576 … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music...
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    Suleiman the Magnificent (category 1566 deaths)
    Turkish: I. Süleyman, pronounced [syleiˈman]; 6 November 1494 – 6 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in Western Europe and Suleiman...
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    a military siege undertaken by the Ottoman Empire from July to September 1566 on the town of Gyula, situated on the Military Frontier and under Habsburg...
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  • BBC Radio Somerset (redirect from 1566 AM)
    premises in Park Street, Taunton, and acquired a more robust frequency of 1566 MW. In 2007, the station relaunched as BBC Somerset, with the launch of the...
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    James I of England 1566–1625 Anne of Denmark 1574–1619 Henry IV of France 1553–1610 Marie de' Medici 1575–1642 Elizabeth 1596–1662 Charles I of England...
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    kingdom. Mary married her half-cousin Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, in 1565; in 1566 she bore him a son, James. However, their marriage soured after Darnley orchestrated...
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    James VI and I (category 1566 births)
    James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland...
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    Córdoba. However, legal records show his father got into debt once more and in 1566 the family moved to Madrid. In the 19th century, a biographer discovered...
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    (1507–1508) Arthur (1509–1510) James (1512–1513) James (1540–1541) James (1566–1567) Henry Frederick (1594–1612) Charles (1612–1625) Charles James (1629)...
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    KAH-səss; Spanish: [baɾtoloˈme ðe las ˈkasas] ; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as...
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    (1983). "The Route of Juan Pardo's Explorations in the Interior Southeast, 1566-1568". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 62 (2): 125–158. ISSN 0015-4113...
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    United Nations Security Council resolution 1566, adopted unanimously on 8 October 2004, after reaffirming resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540...
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    Carlo Gesualdo (category 1566 births)
    Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (between 8 March 1566 and 30 March 1566 – 8 September 1613) was an Italian nobleman and composer. Though both the Prince of Venosa...
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  • Events from the year 1566 in France. Monarch – Charles IX of France Ordonnance of Moulins prohibits writing, printing or selling of defamatory books and...
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    beginning of the Qing dynasty, the highly influential teacher Miyun Yuanwu (1566–1642) began a revival of the Linji school style. Miyun's students had a broad...
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    marks; 1 mark = 6s 8d Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I, Vol. III: 1563-1566 (HMSO London 1960) pp. 178-80, item 922. "Astrid Friis. Alderman Cockayne's...
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  • The year 1566 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Rembert Dodoens publishes Frumentorum, leguminum, palustrium...
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