The Counting Game

[Bonatogether]

1541: Hernando de Soto becomes the first European to cross the Mississippi river. His expedition across the American Southeast created some of the only records we possess for the native Mississippian culture that disappeared soon after, probably due to disease brought by the Spanish.

[damo666]

1542 Mary, Queen of Scots born December 8th, became Queen December 14th.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1543 AD On the 1st of July 1543, England and Scotland sign the treaty of Greenwich to unite the two crowns with the marriage of Edward VI of England and Mary, Queen of Scots, both babies!

[Bonatogether]

1544: The Portuguese happen upon Taiwan, and dub it Ilha Formosa.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1545 Henry Stuart is born, he will marry Mary Stuart of Scotland and father the future King James VI of Scotland (and James I of England), the last King of the country as a sole realm.

[damo666]

1546 - 14th December, Danish atronomer Tycho Brahe was born.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1547 AD Edward VI of England outlaws execution by boiling!

[JECE]

Henry VIII, what a madman . . .

He changed the laws of the country to boil somebody alive in 1531.

[damo666]

1548 - death of Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth wife.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1549 AD Not one, not two, but five separate rebellions occurred in the Kingdom of England this year!

1550 AD A very significant year for all chocolate lovers as this is the year the wonderful sweet was introduced to Europe. We thank whoever was that did that!

[DarthPorg36]

1551 AD - May 12 – The National University of San Marcos is founded in Lima (Peru), being the first officially established university in the Americas.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1552 AD Ivan IV of Russia (the Terrible) asserts Kazan to Russia.

[damo666]

1553 year of Lady Jan Grey's 9 day reign following the death of Edward VI. Mary I subsequently ascended the throne.

[Jamiet99uk]

Lady Jan Grey?

[Jamiet99uk]

1554 Lady Jan Grey, the "nine day Queen", is executed for treason.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

1555 ΑD Henry VI of the Holy Roman Empire abdicates from the Imperial Throne.
1556 AD Henry goes on to abdicate from the Throne of Spain, (it seems after all that one can be tired of thrones and crowns!)

[dargorygel]

Under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), individuals may not be denied, cancelled, limited, or refused health coverage on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. The original rule was finalized in 2016.

[dargorygel]

January 7, 1558 – French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of the Kingdom of England, in the Siege of Calais

United Nations Security Council resolution 1559, adopted on 2 September 2004, in which the Council supported free and fair presidential elections in Lebanon and called upon remaining foreign forces to withdraw from the country.

AND WE ARE CAUGHT UP!!!!!!

[JECE]

1555 ΑD Henry VI of the Holy Roman Empire abdicates from the Imperial Throne.
1556 AD Henry goes on to abdicate from the Throne of Spain, (it seems after all that one can be tired of thrones and crowns!)

Um, no. Try again.

This guy may be what you were going for:
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-col ... b58a6b6729

Here's the story:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdicaciones_de_Bruselas

[Zapguy]

1560: The first tulip bulb is brought from Constantinople to the Netherlands.