-943 NEW UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY. PERIOD XXXI. [CENT. XVI.] REMARKABLE FACTS, EVENTS, AND DISCOVERIES. A.D. 1500 Maximilian divides the empire of Germany into six circles. Brazil discovered by the Portuguese. Florida discovered by John Ca bot, an Englishman. Painting in chiaro obscuro discovered. 1507 The Portuguese discover Madagascar, 1512 Maximilian adds four more circles to the German empire. 1513 The battle of Flodden, in which James IV., king of Scotland, is killed, with the flower of his nobility. 1515 The first Polyglot Bible printed at Alcala. Navarre annexed to Castile by Ferdinand. 1516 Algiers seized by Barbarossa. 1517 Martin Luther began the Reformation. Egypt conquered, and the kingdom of the Mamelukes overthrown by the Turks. 1518 New Spain, and the Straits of Magellan discovered. 1521 Henry VIII., for his writings in favour of Popery, receives the title of Defender of the Faith from his holiness. 1522 Rhodes taken by the Turks. The first voyage round the world performed by a ship of Magellan's squadron. 1626 The inquisition established in Portugal. Lutheranism established in Germany. 1627 Rome taken and plundered by the imperial army. 1528 Popery abolished in Sweden." 1629 The name of Protestant takes its rise from the reformed protesting against the church of Rome, at the diet of Spires in Germany. 1530 Union of the Protestants at Smalcald, December 22d. Secretary of State established in England. 1532 The Court of Session instituted in Scotland. 1533 Insurrection of the Anabaptists in Westphalia. 1534 The Reformation takes place in England, under Henry VIII. Siik first worn by the clergy. Barbarossa seized the kingdom of Tanis. 1635 The Reformation introduced into Ireland. The Society of Jesus formed. 1539 The first English edition of the Bible authorised. |