1578
So, the semester has finished! I feel like I have learned so much, and yet there is still so much more to learn! Hopefully I never stop learning, and I hope you won't either, so to facilitate the learning, let's see what happened in 1578...
Edinburgh Castle was rebuilt (David's Tower had been destroyed during a seige of the castle by English forces attempting to capture Mary Queen of Scots).
The British defeat the Spanish Armada, signalling the beginning of the decline of Spain and the rise of Britain as world powers. (See this quiz site.)
Elizabeth I apparently gave Johan Casimir £20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion, who then occupied Ghent with 500 horsemen. Sir Humphrey Gilbert received a patent from England to explore and colonise North America. (See here.)
Back to Wikipedia for a few final tidbits of information. Martin Frobisher and the rest of his expedition were apparently the first Europeans to celebrate Thanksgiving in North America, in Newfoundland. The English were trying to find ways past the Americas, and while Frobisher was seeking a north-west passage, Francis Drake sailed through the Strait of Magellan in the south (modern Chile) in his voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
In other parts of the world: the Ottoman Empire conquered Abkhazia; Emperor Sarsa Dengel of Ethiopia ended a rebellion when he killed Bahr negus Yeshaq; the Swedes defeat the Russians in the Battle of Wenden; Sonam Gyrso received from prince Atlan Khan the title of Talaï, and becomes the third Dalai Lama of Tibet.
And amidst the many deaths: Jane Lumley, English translator. She was apparently the first person to translate Euripides into English.
Edinburgh Castle was rebuilt (David's Tower had been destroyed during a seige of the castle by English forces attempting to capture Mary Queen of Scots).
The British defeat the Spanish Armada, signalling the beginning of the decline of Spain and the rise of Britain as world powers. (See this quiz site.)
Elizabeth I apparently gave Johan Casimir £20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion, who then occupied Ghent with 500 horsemen. Sir Humphrey Gilbert received a patent from England to explore and colonise North America. (See here.)
Back to Wikipedia for a few final tidbits of information. Martin Frobisher and the rest of his expedition were apparently the first Europeans to celebrate Thanksgiving in North America, in Newfoundland. The English were trying to find ways past the Americas, and while Frobisher was seeking a north-west passage, Francis Drake sailed through the Strait of Magellan in the south (modern Chile) in his voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
In other parts of the world: the Ottoman Empire conquered Abkhazia; Emperor Sarsa Dengel of Ethiopia ended a rebellion when he killed Bahr negus Yeshaq; the Swedes defeat the Russians in the Battle of Wenden; Sonam Gyrso received from prince Atlan Khan the title of Talaï, and becomes the third Dalai Lama of Tibet.
And amidst the many deaths: Jane Lumley, English translator. She was apparently the first person to translate Euripides into English.
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