Zacharias and Hans Jansen invent the compound microscope
The microscope was said to have a magnification of 3x when fully closed, and 9x when fully extended.
Zacharias and Hans Jansen invent the compound microscope Read more
The microscope was said to have a magnification of 3x when fully closed, and 9x when fully extended.
Zacharias and Hans Jansen invent the compound microscope Read more
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dual state, a bi-confederation of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch. It was one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th- to 17th-century Europe.
The Union of Lublin formally establishes the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Read more
The Spanish Golden Age is a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain, coinciding with the rise of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty and the Spanish Empire.
The Spanish Golden Age begins Read more
Helsinki was established as a trading town by King Gustav I of Sweden in 1550 as the town of Helsingfors, which he intended to be a rival to the Hanseatic city of Reval (today known as Tallinn). It is now the capital and most populous city of Finland.
King Gustav I of Sweden founds Helsinki Read more
The first European to discover the Falls was the Spanish Conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541, after whom one of the falls on the Argentine side is named.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first European to travel to Iguazú Falls Read more
European explorers, first the Portuguese in search of the Spice Islands (Indonesia) and then the Spanish, reached the Carolines in the sixteenth century.
The Portuguese become the first Europeans to visit modern-day Micronesia Read more
The first depiction of Terra Australis on a globe was probably on Johannes Schöner’s lost 1523 globe on which Oronce Fine is thought to have based his 1531 map of the world.
Johannes Schöner becomes the first person to include Terra Australis on their globe Read more
Gustav Vasa fought for an independent Sweden, crushing an attempt to restore the Union of Kalmar and laying the foundation for modern Sweden
The reign of Gustav I marks the beginnings of the modern Swedish state Read more
95 Theses propounded two central beliefs — that the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds.
The School of Athens is considered “the perfect embodiment of the classical spirit of the High Renaissance” and it is the most famous painting by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino.
Raphael completes his painting The School of Athens Read more