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Alexander Scott (16th-century poet) Alexander Scott (Scots: Sanderris Scott: 1520? – 1582/1583) was a Scottish Court poet. [1] He is believed to have spent most of his time in or near Edinburgh. Thirty-six short poems are attributed to him, including Ane New Yeir Gift to Quene Mary, The Rondel of Love, and a satire, Justing at the Drum.
Florence, birthplace of the Italian Renaissance.The architectural perspective and new systems of banking and accounting were introduced during the time.. The Renaissance (UK: / r ə ˈ n eɪ s ən s / rən-AY-sənss, US: / ˈ r ɛ n ə s ɑː n s / ⓘ REN-ə-sahnss) is a period in history and a cultural movement in Europe marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity.
Russia suffered from an economic and social crisis in the second half of the 16th century which led to famines, depopulation and the abandonment of agricultural lands. The economic crisis overlapped with the oprichnina and happened at the time when Russia waged the Livonian War. The crisis is considered to be one of the precursors of the Time ...
However, in 21st-century historiography there is a reconsideration of the topic. Christine Shaw in her revised Italian Wars (1494-1559) , Micheal J. Levin in Agents of Empire , and William Reger in Limits of Empire , reject the concept of a Spanish hegemony on the ground that too many limits prevented Spain's dominance in the peninsula, and maintain that other powers also held major influence ...
A list of people, who died during the 16th century, who have received recognition as Blessed (through beatification) or Saint (through canonization) from the Catholic Church: Name Birth
c. 1600 BC: The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, a copy of which was found in the Babylonian library of Ashurbanipal: a 21-year record of the appearances of Venus (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna): Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa. c. 1600 BC: The date of the earliest discovered rubber balls.
Francis Bacon. Toni Bajada. John Barlow (diplomat) Beatrice Michiel. James "Spanish" Blake. John Ramsay, 1st Lord Bothwell.
