16th century
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Events
1500s
- 1508: Crossbows banned (in England?) to increase the practise of using the longbow
- 1509: The Battle of Agnadello (May 14)
- The Siege of Padua (July 17)
- The Battle of Polesella (December 22)
1510s
- 1512: The Sack of Brescia (February 18)
- The Battle of Ravenna (April 11)
- The Battle of St. Mathieu (August 10)
- 1513: The Battle of Novara (June 6)
- The Battle of Guinegate (August 16)
- James IV of Scotland dies at the Battle of Flodden Field (September 9); coronation of James V (September 21)
- The Battle of La Motta (October 7)
- 1515: The Battle of Marignano (September 13-14)
1520s
1530s
1540s
- 1542: The Battle of Haddon Rig (August 24)
- The Battle of Solway Moss (November 24)
- 1543: Copernicus publishes his theory of a heliocentric solar system
- 1545: The first English book on archery, Toxophilus: The School of Shooting by Ascham, is published
- The Battle of Ancrum Moor (February 27)
- The Council of Trent (1545-1563)
- 1547: The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (September 10)
1550s
1560s
- 1563: Birth of John Dowland
1570s
1580s
1590s
- 1595: The English longbow retired as a frontline weapon
- 1597: John Dowland's First Booke of Songs published, marking the start of "The English Lute School"
Significant people
- Henry VIII
- Elizabeth I
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- Sir Francis Drake
- Catherine de' Medici
- Michelangelo Buonarroti
- Martin Luther
- William Shakespeare
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Roger Ascham
Some Groups that Cover this Period
Internal Links
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External Links
- Mary of Hapsburg's Gown - http://www.virtue.to/guest_authors/hungarian.html
- Mary of Hungary's gown in photos - http://frazzledfrau.glittersweet.com/mary/index.htm
- Female Tudor dress - http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/index.html
- An Elizabethan site - http://costume.dm.net
- A Festive attire research page - http://homepage.mac.com/festive_attye/research/index.html
- Female German 16th century dress - http://frazzledfrau.glittersweet.com/
- Venetian Women's Dress Recreated - http://www.geocities.com/oonaghsown/
- Venetian Women's Dress Images - http://au.geocities.com/bella_lucia_da_verona/index.htm
- Turkish Women's Coat - http://www.geocities.com/oonaghsown/turkish_coat_for_venice.htm
- Spanish women's court garb - http://sayaespanola.glittersweet.com
