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Jan 22, 1500
Spain expelled the Jews and Moors which caused it to lose many valuable artisans and business-people
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Period: Jan 21, 1550 to
Lots of silver was unloaded from Spanish ships
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Jan 21, 1555
Unwillingly agreed to the Peace of Augsburg
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Jan 22, 1566
Angry Protestant mobs swept throught Catholic churches
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Jan 22, 1568
The duke executed 1,500 Protestants and suspected rebels
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Jan 22, 1571
Pope called on all Catholic princes to take up arms against the mounting power of the Ottoman Empire
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Jan 22, 1576
Jean Bodin defined absolute rule
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Jan 22, 1579
The seven northern provinces of the Netherlands united and declared their independence from Spain
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Jan 21, 1580
King of Portugal died without an heir
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Phiip launched the Spanish Armada in an attempt to punish Protestant England and its quee, Elizabeth I
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American mines had supplied Spain with lots of gold
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The Don Quixote de la Mancha was published
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The Duth had the largest fleet of ships in the world