Nilakantha Somayaji discovers an infinite series for π.: 101–102 

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Nilakantha Somayaji develops a model similar to the Tychonic system. His model has been described as mathematically more efficient than the Tychonic s...

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in an effort to increase his power. Bolkiah founded the city of Selurong—later named Maynila, on the other side of the Pasig River shortly after takin...

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Charles of Ghent (future Lord of the Netherlands, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Holy Roman Emperor) was born.

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Spanish navigator Vicente Yáñez Pinzón encounters Brazil but is prevented from claiming it by the Treaty of Tordesillas.

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Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal.

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Islam becomes the dominant religion across the Indonesian archipelago.

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Guru Nanak begins the spreading of Sikhism, the fifth-largest religion in the world.

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Safavid dynasty reunifies Iran and rules over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.

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Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.

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Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three years later.

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Death of Isabella I of Castile; Joanna of Castile becomes the Queen.

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Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas, in what is modern Sudan

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Zhengde Emperor ascends the throne of Ming dynasty.

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Sultan Trenggono builds the first Muslim kingdom in Java, called Demak, in Indonesia. Many other small kingdoms were established in other islands to f...

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Martin Luther enters St. Augustine's Monastery at Erfurt, Germany, on 17 July and begins his journey to instigating the Reformation.

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Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid, Spain.

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King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo, resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.Battle of Cerignola: El Gran Capitan ...

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Leonardo da Vinci completes the Mona Lisa.

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Krishnadevaraya ascends the throne of Vijayanagara Empire.

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Copernicus writes Commentariolus, and proclaims the Sun the center of the Solar System.

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Qutb Shahi dynasty, founded by Quli Qutb Mulk, rules Golconda Sultanate until 1687.

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa, in service of Spain arrives at the Pacific Ocean (which he called Mar del Sur) across the Isthmus of Panama. He was the first E...

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Juan Ponce de León sights Florida and Vasco Núñez de Balboa sights the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean.

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Sultan Selim I ("The Grim") orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia (present-day Turkey).

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Ascension of Francis I of France as King of France following the death of Louis XII.

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Nicolaus Copernicus develops the quantity theory of money and states the earliest known form of Gresham's law: ("Bad money drowns out good").

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The Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his Ninety-five Theses in Saxony.

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The Treaty of London was a non-aggression pact between the major European nations. The signatories were Burgundy, France, England, the Holy Roman Empi...

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Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settles in Punjab.

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Death of Emperor Maximilian; Charles I of Austria, Spain, and the Low Countries becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ...

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Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes on May 2.Europe at the time of the accession of Charles V in 1519

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The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia, sent by the Portuguese, arrives at Massawa 9 April, and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor ...

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Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming dynasty, China.

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August, Luso-Sundanese Treaty signed between Portugal and Sunda Kingdom granted Portuguese permit to build fortress in Sunda Kelapa.

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Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.

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Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland.

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Ismail I, the founder of Safavid dynasty, dies and Tahmasp I becomes king.Gun-wielding Ottoman Janissaries and defending Knights of Saint John at the ...

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Modern square root symbol (√)

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Mughal Empire, founded by Babur.

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The Majapahit Empire fell to Demak, with many fleeing to Bali while Demak, under Sultan Fatah, became the new center of power.

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Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.

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Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.

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Foundation of São Vicente, the first permanent Portuguese settlement in the Americas.

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Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.

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Elizabeth Tudor is born.

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Jacques Cartier claims Canada for France.

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Affair of the Placards, where King Francis I becomes more active in repression of French Protestants.

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The Portuguese in Ternate depose Sultan Tabariji (or Tabarija) and send him to Portuguese Goa where he converts to Christianity and bequeaths his Port...

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The Münster Rebellion, an attempt of radical, millennialist, Anabaptists to establish a theocracy, ends in bloodshed.

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Catherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle, in England.Territorial expansion of the Ottoman Empire under Suleiman (in red and orange)

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In England, Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.

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Foundation of Buenos Aires (in present-day Argentina) by Pedro de Mendoza.

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Establishment of the Inquisition in Portugal.

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William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published, which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.

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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada founds Bogotá.

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Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.

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Sher Shah Suri founds the Suri dynasty in South Asia, an ethnic Pashtun (Pathan) of the house of Sur, who supplanted the Mughal dynasty as rulers of N...

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Francisco Vásquez de Coronado sights the Grand Canyon.

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The Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits, is founded by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions with the approval of Pope Paul III.

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Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago in Chile.

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Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.

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Akbar The Great is born in the Rajput Umarkot Fort

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Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the island of Samar and Leyte Las Islas Filipinas honoring Philip II of Spain and became the official n...

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Copernicus publishes his theory that the Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun

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Vesalius: pioneering research into human anatomy.

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Gerolamo Cardano discovers complex numbers.

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The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent (in northern Italy).

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Francis Xavier works among the peoples of Ambon, Ternate and Morotai (Moro) laying the foundations for a permanent mission. (to 1547)

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Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.

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Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.

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Francis I dies in the Château de Rambouillet on 31 March at the age of 52.

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Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.

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Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All) Russia, thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.

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Tomé de Sousa establishes Salvador in Bahia, north-east of Brazil.

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The architect Mimar Sinan builds the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul.

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Jesuit China Mission, Francis Xavier dies.

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Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England and restores the Church of England under Papal authority.

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Princess Elizabeth is imprisoned in the Tower of London upon the orders of Mary I for suspicion of being involved in the Wyatt rebellion.

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Missionaries José de Anchieta and Manuel da Nóbrega establishes São Paulo, southeast Brazil.

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Georgius Agricola, the "Father of Mineralogy", publishes his De re metallica.

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Niccolò Tartaglia introduces parenthesis.

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Pomponio Algerio, radical theologian, is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman Inquisition.

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Robert Recorde introduces the equal sign.

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Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.

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Sultan Hairun of Ternate (in present-day Indonesia) protests the Portuguese's Christianisation activities in his lands. Hostilities between Ternate an...

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Jeanne d'Albret declares Calvinism the official religion of Navarre.

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Lazarus Church, Macau

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Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.

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Portuguese Dominican priests build a palm-trunk fortress which Javanese Muslims burned down the following year. The fort was rebuilt from more durable...

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Galileo Galilei born on February 15

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Gerolamo Cardano is the first to produce a systematic treatment of probability.

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Mir Chakar Khan Rind dies at aged 97.

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Estácio de Sá establishes Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

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Miguel López de Legazpi establishes in Cebu the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines starting a period of Spanish colonization that would last ...

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Spanish settlers outside New Spain (Mexico) colonize Florida's coastline at St. Augustine.

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Da le Balle Contrade d'Oriente, composed by Cipriano de Rore.

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After 45 years' reign, Jiajing Emperor died in the Forbidden City, Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming dynasty.

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Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.

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The Transylvanian Diet, under the patronage of the prince John Sigismund Zápolya, the former king of Hungary, inspired by the teachings of Ferenc Dávi...

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The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth is created with the Union of Lublin which lasts until 1795.

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Peace treaty signed by Sultan Hairun of Ternate and Governor Lopez De Mesquita of Portugal.

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Pope Pius V issues Regnans in Excelsis, a papal bull excommunicating all who obeyed Elizabeth I and calling on all Catholics to rebel against her.

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Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi establishes Manila, Philippines as the capital of the Spanish East Indies.

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Supernova SN 1572 is observed by Tycho Brahe in the Milky Way.

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Rafael Bombelli provides rules for complex arithmetic.

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Jeanne d'Albret dies aged 43 and is succeeded by Henry of Navarre.

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The 9 years old Taizi, Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming dynasty, known as Wanli Emperor.

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Tahmasp I, Safavid shah, dies.

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Ki Ageng Pemanahan built his palace in Pasargede or Kotagede.

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Sonam Gyatso is conferred the title of Dalai Lama by Tumed Mongol ruler, Altan Khan. Recognised as the reincarnation of two previous Lamas, Sonam Gyat...

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The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands, a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands, the Austrian Netherlands and Belgiu...

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The British navigator Sir Francis Drake passes through Maluku and transit in Ternate on his circumnavigation of the world. The Portuguese establish a ...

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Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are...

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Dutch Act of Abjuration, declaring abjuring allegiance to Philip II of Spain.

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Bayinnaung dies at the age of 65.

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Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar. The last day of the Julian calendar was Thursday, 4 October 1582 and this was followed by the first d...

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Gregorian calendar is introduced in Europe by Pope Gregory XIII and adopted by Catholic countries.

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Death of Sultan Babullah of Ternate.

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Ki Ageng Pemanahan died. Sultan Pajang raised Sutawijaya, son of Ki Ageng Pemanahan as the new ruler in Mataram, titled "Loring Ngabehi Market" (becau...

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Akbar annexes Kashmir and adds it to the Kabul SubahPortuguese fusta in India from a book by Jan Huygen van Linschoten

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Colony at Roanoke founded in North America.

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Mary, Queen of Scots is executed by Elizabeth I.

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The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.

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Mataram into the kingdom with Sutawijaya as Sultan, titled "Senapati Ingalaga Sayidin Panatagama" means the warlord and cleric Manager Religious Life.

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Catherine de' Medici dies at aged 69.

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François Viète's New algebra shows the modern notational algebraic manipulation.

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St. Paul's College, Macau, founded by Alessandro Valignano.

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William Barents discovers Spitsbergen.

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Opera in Florence by Jacopo Peri.

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Abbas I moves Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.

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The province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México is established in Northern New Spain. The region would later become a territory of Mexico, the New Mexico Ter...

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Death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, known as the unifier of Japan.

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The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.

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