The Ramak: "1530-49: England's Henry VIII marries his mistress Anne Boleyn and renounces authority of the pope - Inquisition of Pope Paul III of Rome conducts trials of heretics - Protestants burned at the stake - Nikolaus Copernicus publishes theory of a sun-centered solar system - Europeans first visit Japan introducing firearms - Ivan IV becomes first czar of Russia; marries Anastasia of the Romanov family.
1550-59: French astrologer Nostradamus publishes a book of prophecies - Pope Paul IV orders Rome's Jewish quarters to be walled in - Elizabethan age of England begins when Mary Tudor is succeeded by Elizabeth.
1560-70: John Calvin's followers publish the Geneva Bible containing chapter and verse numbers - Italian artist Michelangelo dies - Anglican Church established in England - Gerardus Mercator develops the Mercator projection map, representing the world in terms of latitude and longitude, greatly simplifying navigation"
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