1621 AD January 12 – Şehzade Mehmed, the 15-year-old half-brother of Ottoman Sultan Osman II, is put to death by hanging on Osman's orders. Before dying, Mehmed prays aloud that Osman's reign as Sultan will end soon. It seems that his dying prayer was granted to him. Osman died the next year!

I noticed the time; let's see if anything happens!

1617 AD Pocahontas dies from smallpox; Disney left this part out!

Dear brainbomb, you are mistaken. If you rule in Hell, your title is this of a Prince, not of Archduke. You know, the Prince of Darkness (also the Prince of Lies etc.).

1611 AD One of the earliest uprisings against Turkish rule in Greece. It is crushed by the Turkish army swiftly, and its leader, bishop Dionysius is killed by impalation.

1608 ΑD A harsh winter passes for England with extremely low temperatures, something equal to the winter of 1302, which was named the year without summer. 1609 AD, King Philip of Spain expelled Moriscos (Arabs who were Christians in faith) from his domain. 1610 AD Galileo discovers the first six of ...

1604 ΑD Charles (Karl) the IX rises to the throne of Sweden.

2 years and 4 days ago (I had the receipt, which is why I noticed the difference) the same meal cost 7.65. Wow, this is quite a rise! What do you eat with half a day's payment? 2 years and 4 days ago (I had the receipt, which is why I noticed the difference) the same meal cost 7.65. 1599 the Bard (...

Alas, prices are going up and up all around the globe. Is a lunch of 16 dollars a considerable one, at least?

1598 AD, Tycho Brahe publishes a catalogue of known constellations naming 1004 of them.

1595 ΑD Battle of Calugareni: The Wallachians, led by Michael the Brave, accomplish a great tactical victory against a vast army of Turks led by Sinan Pasha. They repeated this two months later in the battle of Giurgiu. Understandably Sinan Pasha falls out of Sultan's favour. Luckily though, his suc...

Ι guess this unfortunate decision to go around the British Isles was due to the appointed commander not being a seaworthy captain but just a noble (to get the command because you are a friend of the ruler, be it, king, emperor or otherwise, has destroyed many armies in history) 1590 AD The Roanoke C...

Invincible Armada, I am really in need of being more careful when I write.

1589 England retaliates with an armada of its own. while it doesn't end in disaster as the Spanish effort, little is achieved in terms of naval dominion.

1588 The Spanish armada (the Invisible Armada as the Spanish called it) is defeated by the English; bad weather and storms complete the destruction.

And we are back in order
1586 (as already mentioned), Mary Queen of Scots was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death making a terrible historical precedent that someone can execute a monarch as a criminal

1578 - last outbreak of sweating sickness in England 1579 - William of Orange is proclaimed ruler of the Dutch territories of the Spanish crown (an end to Spanish rule there and cause for 80 years of war). 1580 - Dover Straits Earthquake 1581 - designation of asteroid Abanderada named after Eva Pero...

1576 AD May 5 – The Edict of Beaulieu ends France's Fifth War of Religion. Protestants are again granted freedom of worship. Peace and religious freedom will last for seven months before the fighting starts again.

1574 AD King Charles IX of France dies, he had succeeded his brother, and in turn, he's succeeded by his brother to the terror of their mother having the prophecy that this will happen made to her many years ago by non-other than Nostradamus.

1571 On October 7th, the united fleets of Spain, Venice, Genoa, Papal States and Savoy under the command of Don Juan the Austrian, brother of the Spanish King, destroy the Ottoman fleet in the battle of Lepanto and with it all, the plans of Mediterranean domination from the Turks.

I have a client who teaches swordfights; come here to learn the practical side, my friend!

1569 The Mercator projection is first used in Gerardus Mercator's (from who took the name) first world map, a technique still in use on mapping.

1567 On February 10, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered at the Provost's House in Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, by an explosion of several gunpowder kegs. On May 15 – Mary, scandalously, marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. Understandably, a month later she ...

1565 Suleiman the Magnificent is at the peak of his power, so it is for the Ottoman Empire. Having ejected the Knights of Saint John from the east Mediterranean, taking the island of Rodes and the Frankish and Venetian forces from Greece, he's planning to consolidate his position by taking Malta and...