1562 - Wikipedia February 6 – In the Mughal Empire in India, the Emperor Akbar marries Mariam-uz-Zamani, daughter of Raja Bharmal, the ruler of the Kingdom of Amber The marriage takes place in Sambhar in what is now the state of Rajasthan, where Akbar has stopped on his way back to the Mughal capital of Agra
The 1562 Map of America | Articles and Essays | Discovery and . . . In 1562 Diego Gutiérrez, a Spanish cartographer from the respected Casa de la Contratación, and Hieronymus Cock, a noted engraver from Antwerp, collaborated in the preparation of a spectacular and ornate map of what was then referred to as the fourth part of the world, America
Siege of Rouen (1562) - Wikipedia On 1 March 1562 while travelling from his estates at Joinville to Paris, Francis, Duke of Guise committed a Massacre of Huguenot worshippers in the town of Wassy [20]
Wars of Religion | Huguenots, Calvinism, Edict of Nantes . . . Wars of Religion, (1562–98) conflicts in France between Protestants and Roman Catholics The spread of French Calvinism persuaded the French ruler Catherine de Médicis to show more tolerance for the Huguenots, which angered the powerful Roman Catholic Guise family
European Colonization of North America, 1562-1753 These first-hand accounts provide intimate views of the 200-year colonization of the eastern seaboard Groups of people from England, France, Spain, Netherland established communities that would eventually band together to become the United States of America
First war of Religion (1562-1563) - Musée protestant The killing of a hundred Protestants during worship in a barn near the town of Wassy by the Duke François de Guise on 1 March 1562, was considered as the triggering event of the first war of religion
What Happened in 1562 - On This Day What happened and who was famous in 1562? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1562
1562 - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias 1562 in art — Events* In Venice, sumptuary laws in 1562 decreed that all gondolas must be painted black to prevent lavish displays of wealth * Vasari, who had erected the Uffizi Gallery in 1560, founded the Academy of Design in 1562