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| 1410 |
| | The Viking settlement in Greenland ends, after 400 years, when the last ship leaves the colony and sails for Norway | |
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| 1497 |
| | Henry VII commissions the Italian navigator John Cabot to cross the Atlantic in search of new territories for England | |
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| from 1517 |
| | From Bosnia to Egypt and Arabia, the Ottoman Turks now rule the largest Muslim empire since the early caliphate - and will frequently use the title of caliph to assert their authority within Sunni Islam | |
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| 1569 |
| | A rebellion in the north of England aims to put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne | |
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| 1587 |
| | A new group of English settlers arrives at Roanoke Island and makes a second attempt at a settlement | |
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| 1587 |
| | Virginia Dare becomes the first English child to be born in America, on Roanoke Island | |
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| 1590 |
| | An English ship, the first to arrive at Roanoke Island since 1587, finds no remaining trace of the settlers or their settlement | |
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| 1594 |
| | Willem Barents sets off on the first of his three expeditions to find a passage to the east through the waters north of Russia | |
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| 1609 |
| | A law is passed expelling the Moriscos from Spain, with the result that some 300,000 are shipped to north Africa | |
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| 1616 |
| | Pocahontas fascinates Londoners when she arrives with her husband to publicize Jamestown | |
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