1541 - Jacques Cartier leaves St-Malo, FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. on his third voyage.
1555Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland May 23 Paul IV becomes Pope. Births Deaths February 8 Laurence Saunders martyred. March 23 Pope Julius III May 6 Pope Marcellus II May 25 Henry II of Navarre October 16 Nicholas Ridle - Paul IVPaul IV ne Gianni Carafa ( June 28, 1476 August 18, 1559) was Pope from May 23, 1555. Gianni Carafa was born in Benevento into a prominent noble family of Naples. He was mentored by Cardinal Oliviero Carafa, his relative, who resigned the See of Chieti (L becomes PopeThis article is about the Catholic pope. See Pope (disambiguation) for other meanings of the word pope. The Pope is the Catholic bishop and patriarch of Rome, and ex officio supreme spiritual leader of what might be called the Catholic Communion (that is,.
1609Events April 4 King of Spain signs an edit of expulsion of all moriscos from Spain April 9 Spain recognizes Dutch independence May 23 Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia. July 6 Bohemia is granted freedom of religion. August 25 Galileo - Official ratification of the Second Charter of VirginiaVirginia is one of the original 13 states of the United States that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution and is generally classified as part of the South. Its official name is the Commonwealth of Virginia it is one of four Commonwealth.
1618Events March 8 Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). The margraves of Brandenburg is granted Polish approval to inherit Ducal - The Second Defenstration of PragueTwo incidents in the history of Bohemia, and a further one in the history of Czechoslovakia are known as the Defenestrations of Prague the first in 1419 and the second in 1618 (though the second is generally considered The Defenestration of Prague). Both precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
2003 - Mountain climbing: 25-year-old Nepalese Sherpa, Pemba Dorjie Sherpa , makes the fastest ever ascent of Mount Everest, in 12 hours 45 minutes. This is broken by his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu only three days later.
2004 - Last day of the 4th European Festival of Youth Choirs ( EJCF).
