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1 day ago · 16th century. 16th century: Chintz or printed clothing in Golconda, India; 16th century: Hookah by Irfan Shaikh, at the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar I (1542–1605). 1560: Floating Dry Dock in Venice, Venetian Republic; 1569: Mercator Projection map created by Gerardus Mercator; 1589: Stocking frame: Invented by William Lee.
- Fritz Strassmann
Friedrich Wilhelm Strassmann (German: [fʁɪt͡s ˈʃtʁasˌman] ⓘ;...
- Timeline of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
20th Century Fox presents in New York on an 8 m × 4 m big...
- Timeline of Computing
Timeline of computing presents events in the history of...
- Fritz Strassmann
2 days ago · In the later 16th century, English poetry used elaborate language and extensive allusions to classical myths. Sir Edmund Spenser (1555–99) was the author of The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I.
2 days ago · Over the course of the late 16th century, Japan was reunified under the leadership of the prominent daimyō Oda Nobunaga and his successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After Toyotomi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed shōgun by the emperor.
Apr 14, 2024 · Francis I and Sixteenth-Century France. Surrey, Ashgate, 2015, ISBN: 9781472461490; 350pp.; Price: £81.00. This book, a collection of essays and articles ranging from 1963 to 2008, is published at an opportune moment, the year of the 500th anniversary of Francis I’s accession on 1 January 1515, a year marked by conferences, exhibitions and ...
5 days ago · Food in Early Modern England: Phases, Fads, Fashions 1500-1760. London, Hambledon Continuum, 2007, ISBN: 9781852855383; 416pp.; Price: £30.00. A gentleman should never tell, but Food in Early Modern England is published 50 years after the appearance of Joan Thirsk's first book, English Peasant Farming (1957).
3 days ago · Persecution and Toleration in Protestant England 1558-1689. London, Longman, 2000, ISBN: 582304644X; 224pp. Two anti-Trinitarians shared the distinction in 1612 of being the last persons to be burned for heresy in England. The execution of Oliver Plunkett in 1681 was the last martyrdom of a Catholic on English soil.
Evliya Çelebi (16th century Ottoman). Margaret Wade LaBarge's Medieval Travellers is very good on the practicalities. Jerry Brotton's This Orient Isle has several stories about what happened to English travellers in the Muslim world. It usually wasn't good.
