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The state of Florida was discovered in April, 1513 by Juan Ponce de León. The area was initially named 'la Florida' as a tribute to the Spanish Easter celebrations called 'Pascua florida', 'Feast of flowers'.

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Some events that happened in 1519: Charles V was elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Panama City, Panama was founded. Hernan Cortes was welcomed into Tenochtitlan by Aztec ruler Montezuma.

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Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the church at Wittenburg.

Martin Luther refuses to recant at the Diet of Worms (pronounced Verms) in 1521.

Swiss, English Reformations begin. Basically it is a period of Reformation with relevant persons being Tyndale, Calvin, Zwingli.

Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation begins at the Council of Trent in 1545 and ends with the close of the Thirty Years War in 1648.

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Leonardo da vinci completed his painting "The Mona Lisa" which is now a very famous piece of artwork.

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Shakespeare wrote his first play

English beat the Spanish Armada

Drake sailed around the world

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Lots of things happened in 1505. This includes Henry VIII repudiating his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Bermuda was also discovered by Spanish Explorers. William Cavendish was also born.

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Leonardo paints the monalisa 1504

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1500 AD Portuguese reached Brasil?

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