This page The Art Gallery - Headlines during 1573 - 1669 is presented to encourage those who visit to learn more about the history, the arts, and the typical life of people long gone.
A painter of realistic art, Caravaggio painted with dramatic light and shadows;
he inspired Rembrandt.
Plague in Sicily and Italy
Earthquake shakes London
During a fit of temper, Ivan IV, "Ivan the Terrible", kills his son with his bare hands
Mary, Queen of Scots, Executed
Queen Elizabeth I knights Francis Drake
Hideyoshi sets up dictatorship in Japan
Shakespeare goes to London
Osaka Castle in Japan is built
French use forks
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A master of shadow and light, Rembrandt painted many scenes from the Bible.
Reverend William Lee invents the knitting machine
Coal mining jobs available at Ruhr
Plague kills 15,000 in London
Holland uses wind power from wind mills to drive mechanical saws
Shakespeare's plays are a big hit
Europeans eat tomatoes
England mourns for their Queen
Spain is Bankrupt
Dutch Trade with Japan
German Farmers Plant Potatoes
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*The resource used for the possible Headlines are from the book The
Timetables of History, New 4th Revised Edition A Horizontal Linkage of People & Events
By Bernard Grun / Simon & Schuster