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| 1509 |
| | | On the death of his father, and as the result of the death of his elder brother Arthur, Henry VIII becomes king of England | |
|  | Holbein, style of Henry VIII (detail)
National Maritime Museum
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| 1509 December 25 |
| | | The newly crowned and recently married king, Henry VIII, spends his first Christmas with his wife, Catherine of Aragon, at Richmond | |
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| 1510 |
| | | Erasmus and Thomas More take the northern Renaissance in the direction of Christian humanism | |
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| 1510 |
| | | Giorgione and Titian introduce the richness of colour which characterizes the high Renaissance style in Venice | |
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| 1510 |
| | | The Portuguese seize Goa and make it their colonial capital in India | |
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| c. 1510 |
| | | The startling colour contrasts in Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling anticipate one of the main characteristics of Italian mannerism | |
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| 1510 |
| | | The painter Giorgione dies after a short but extremely influential life in Venice | |
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| 1511 |
| | | The earliest surviving curling stone, discovered in Scotland, dates from this year | |
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| 1511 |
| | | The Portuguese take control of Malacca, in the Malay peninsula, as a base for trade further east | |
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| 1512 |
| | | The Portuguese make treaties in the Moluccas (or Spice Islands), to trade in cloves and nutmeg | |
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