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    January 6 – King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort; the marriage lasts six months. [1] February 14 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, enters Ghent without resistance, and executes rebels, ending the Revolt of Ghent (1539–1540). March 23 – Waltham Abbey is the last to be closed as part of Henry VIII of England's ...

  2. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado ( Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko ˈβaθkeθ ðe koɾoˈnaðo]; 1510 – 22 September 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from what is now Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542. Vázquez de Coronado had hoped ...

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  4. Events. 1540. 1 January – King Henry VIII meets Anne of Cleves in person for the first time, informally at Rochester. 2 January – Gloucester Abbey is surrendered to the Crown as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. 6 January – King Henry VIII marries German noblewoman Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort.

  5. Jul 2, 2019 · This rigid cone-shaped understructure stiffened the silhouette as Jane Ashelford remarks in A Visual History of Costume (1983): “From about 1545 to 1550 …. Female dress now consists of two distinct parts – a stiffened bodice and a skirt the rigid shape of which was dictated by the farthingale underneath.”.

  6. Sep 8, 2022 · The 1540 drought began much like today’s. “Northern Italy was extremely dry,” Pfister explains. “There was not a drop of rain during winter.”. Italian chronicles say it was “ like July ...

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