The Counting Game

[Zapguy]

1561: Madrid is declared the capital of Spain.

[Jamiet99uk]

1,562 Euros equals 1,387.84 Pounds sterling at today's exchange rate.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

Jece, you are right. The funny thing is that I was thinking of this man, but I thought to check it with wikipedia (as I am always quite insecure), and it had it wrong, driving me to believe I was mistaken. Since then, it was corrected, and I promised myself next time not to be so easy to dismiss my memory as faulty.

1563 AD The Edict of Amboise stops the prosecution and violence against the protestants (Huguenots)... temporarily.

[Ferdack]

I-V-vi-IV

One of the most overused chord progressions in existence.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

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 controlling the passage from east to west and vice versa. Unfortunately for him, the Knights find out and have time to prepare for a siege. They gather troops and supplies and strengthened their fortifications while building some new ones. The siege started on May 18th and lasted until September 12, when the defeated Turks had to lift the siege.

[Jamiet99uk]

D1566 ‘Orion’ is a Brush Type 4 (Class 47) diesel-electric locomotive, built in Crewe in 1962, now preserved on the Llangollen Railway in North Wales.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

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 loses power after the battle of Carberry Hill.

[dargorygel]

Joachim Meyer has written the book: The Art of Sword Combat: A 1568 German Treatise on Swordsmanship that i received as a gift some time ago, but never read. Because of this game, now i probably will.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

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.

[Bonatogether]

1570:
Construction begins on the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de La Asunción, the oldest standing church in Venezuela. The current building is not entirely original, however, as it was partially destroyed by French exiles in the 1590s.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

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.

[Walnut]

FDA Form 1572 is a legally binding document designed to inform clinical investigators of their research obligations and secure the investigators' commitment to follow pertinent FDA regulations. By signing this form, the investigator confirms that they will abide by all FDA regulations.

[peanutsdawg]

1573
Year 1573 (MDLXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

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.

[Ferdack]

1575: On January 21, Queen Elizabeth granted Thomas Tallis and William Byrd the monopoly for printing music and music paper in England; that was the first instance of letters patent issued for that purpose.

[PRINCE WILLIAM]

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.

[damo666]

1577 - the year of Rubens' birth

[Wusti]

1588 - The English defeat the Spanish Armada, and the Navy becomes the Senior Service of the British Armed forces.

[dargorygel]

In 1589 the Grand Duke Ferdinando de' Medici and the French princess Christine of Lorraine married... a catalyst for many years of connection and intrigue between Firenze and France. (The two flags are even similar.) Apparently, the wedding was the social, political, and artistic event of the year.

[Jamiet99uk]

The Hammond 1590 series is a rugged diecast aluminium alloy enclosure suitable for electronic instruments which is tough, yet easy to machine.