| The Worldy
Travels of Don Rodrigo Greetings and well met. I
am Don Rodrigo. My duties as herald includes the rallying of the
troops for our missions and as well as scribe our journeys.
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| 44 BC Julius Caesar
dies 3rd century BC druids 3rd or 5th BC alchemy 405 AD Gladiating ends 432 Saint Patrick sent to Ireland 450 Beginning of Dark Ages
(Early Middle Ages) and Middle Ages Middle Ages |
Beginning
of Renaissance Period 15th century early culmination of the château-fort 1436 or 1437 Johann Gutenberg makes his famous press 1492 Christopher Columbus discovers the New World 1495 Leonardo da Vinci begins his Last Supper 16th-century construction of the château, with its gardens and outbuildings, was usually surrounded by a moat 16th century Conquistador 1500-09 King Henry VIII assumes the throne at age 17 1510-19 Tobacco is first introduced Sept 1513 Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean 1513 Ponce de Leon searches for the Fountain of Youth <1518> Texas Renaissance Festival 1519 Magellan attempts to find the western route 1519 Cortez defeats the Aztecs 1520-29 Spain is introduced to papayas, chocolate, tomatoes, and vanilla Oranges are brought to the Europe from the Far East 1521 Apr. 27 Magellan is killed in the Philippines <1530> Scarborough Faire 1530-1539 Potato is introduced 1530 King Henry marries Queen Anne Boleyn 1533 Queen Anne Boleyn is executed 1540 Coronado searches for the Cities of Gold <1550> Albright (Louisiana Renaissance Festival) 1577-80 Sir Francis Drake first Englishman to circumnavigate the world 17th century End of Renaissance Period 1611 Henry Hudson is set adrift with son and seven men. 1615 Queen Anne marries Louis VIII. time of the musketeers. <1633> Four Winds Renaissance Festival 1665 The Black Death 1716-18 Blackbeard's reign 1800-15 Barbary Pirates Tripolitan War |
