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Card games increase in popularity all over Europe.
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Henry VIII founds the Anglican Church in England.
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Sir Thomas More is executed for not recognizing Henry VIII as the head of the church in England.
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Philip II rules Spain.
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The first printing presses appear in Russia.
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Pieter Brueghel paints The Tower of Babel.
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Russians force Ivan IV to leave Moscow.
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The English Navy defeats the Spanish Armada.
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Elizabeth I reigns in England.
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King James I founds the Stuart dinasty in England.
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William Shakespeare writes King Lear and Macbeth.
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Public advertising begins in París.
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Russia begins a fur trade in Siberia.
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Ice cream becomes a popular dessert in París.
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The Ottoman Turks besiege Vienna.
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Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
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England and Scotland unite as Great Britain.
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English scientist Stephen Gray discovers how electricity is conducted.
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Maria Teresa rules Russia.
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The first public performance of George Frideric Handel´s Messiah takes place.
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Britain declares war on France.
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Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born.
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Catherine The Great rules Russia.
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The potato becomes a popular food in Europe.
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English physicians introduce a vaccine against smallpox.