The town Harbour Grace founded by Francis I of France in 1517.
On this day, October 31, 1517, in the little town of Wittenberg, Germany, no one seemed to notice the priest nailing his challenge to debate on the church door; but within the week, copies of his these would be discussed throughout the surrounding regions; and within a decade, Europe itself would be shaken by this simple act. Later generations would mark Martin Luther's nailing of the 95 theses on the church door as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation....
"No one took up Luther's challenge to debate, but once news of his proposals became known, many began to discuss the issue Luther raised that salvation was by faith in Christ's work alone.... The Protestant Reformation had begun.
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There were people who dressed up as toilets and beat up fat people with 10 legs and 60 eyes.
There was one person who dressed up as a toilet brush and the toilets beat the toilet brush top death.
He was happy.
That took 100 years
There was a lot of fear going on about witchcraft - in 1571 it was said that there were 100,000 witches in France
it was a Catholic country but the Protestant Reformation occurred in France in the early 1500s which led to some anger as some were against the Protestants.
I think there may have been some wars between England and France during the 1500s
Willem Janzoon was an important person in Australia between 1550 and 1650. He was a Dutch explorer who first set foot on the land in 1606. He and others explored the land but did not make any settlements for over a hundred years.
Technically, there were no British people in 1550-1650 since Britain wasn't formed until 1707. During that time span, England experienced an industrial boom that benefited the wealthy and middle classes. The poor were often farmers who subsisted on the land.
Some world events that occurred between 1550 and 1650 were that Queen Elizabeth I became the ruler of England and Ireland. The Peace of Westphalia agreement was made to end the Thirty Year War in India and Germany. The first French settlement was made in Quebec.
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The Age of Discovery.