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Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth enter LondonQueen Mary and her sister Princess Elizabeth enter London after the suppression of Wyatts Rebellion. Date: circa 1564
Irish Chieftain Shane O Neill meets with Queen Elizabeth IIrish Chieftain Shane O Neill (1530-1567) has an audience with Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), through a translator, in January 1562
John Hawkins at the Battle of San Juan de UluaJohn Hawkins at the Battle of San Juan de Ulloa (Ulua), part of the second Anglo-Spanish trade war, New Spain (now Veracruz, Mexico), 24 September 1568. Date: 1568
Map of London in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, from a plan of 1560. Date: 1560
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The Triumph of Death, by Pieter Bruegel the ElderPieter Bruegel the Elder (circa 1525?1569), Flemish Renaissance painter. The Triumph of Death. Oil on panel. Museo del Prado. Madrid. Spain. Date: 1562
The Triumph of Death (detail), by Pieter Bruegel the ElderPieter Bruegel The Elder, called Peasant Bruegel (1525-1569). The Triumph of Death (detail). Date: circa 1562
Escape of Mary Queen of Scots from Loch Leven Castle. 1568
Paolo Veronese, detail from The Martyrdom of St George - a falling cherub. Date: circa 1564
Italian man and woman from Venice - senator and noblewoman. Date: circa 1560
Two Italian women in costume, from Florence and Padua. Date: circa 1560
Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus outside the stable. Date: circa 1560s
The Engraver by Jost Amman. 1568
Fountain of the Organ at Villa d Este, Tivoli, Rome, ItalyFountain of the Organ at the Villa d Este, Tivoli, near Rome, Italy, dating back to 1568. The movement of the water causes music to play. Date: circa 1890s
ROSTOCK SEA CAPTAINSSea captains at Rostock, Baltic Sea Date: 1564
Escape of Mary Queen of Scots from Loch Leven Castle, with help from her gaolers family, on 2 May 1568. 1568
Departure of Mary Queen of Scots from France -- she left Calais for Scotland on 14 August 1561, at the age of 18. 1561
Don Antonio De CordobaDon ANTONIO DE CORDOBA Spanish administrator in the Netherlands, in the service of Juan of Austria (the younger). Date: CIRCA 1560S
Lady & Messengers 1560SMen: doublets, large sleeves with panes & bows, voluminous hose & canions with bows at the knees, or buskins & spurs. Noblewoman: ornate petticoat, feather fan. Date: late 1560s
Engraving of worm-driven fire squirtEngraving of people operating a large worm-driven fire squirt mounted on two wheels, to put out a fire in a burning building, reproduced from Besoni, Theatrum Instrumentorum et Machinarum, 1568
Mary, Queen of Scots, forced to abdicateMary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son James, while imprisoned at Loch Leven Castle. Date: 24 July 1567
Old St Pauls Cathedral, London, viewed from the south side. Date: 1560
Tournament in the Vatican, Italian School. An 18th century painting depicting a 16th century event. The tournament took place in the Belvedere courtyard during the Pontificate of Pius IV
Placentia, 1560Placentia (pleasant place), royal riverside residence in Greenwich, as it appeared in 1560. Date: 1560
Erik XIV of Sweden marrying Catharina MansdotterKing Erik XIV of Sweden (son of Gustav Vasa, Gustav I) marrying his commoner mistress, Catharina (Karin) Mansdotter, after which he goes mad and is deposed
Natives of Florida sacrificing babies to their kingNatives of Florida sacrifice their first-born babies to their king, shocking a French witness
