- Introduction of the spinning wheel revolutionizes textile production in Europe.
- Modern square root symbol (√ )
- The letter J is introduced into the English alphabet.
- 1503: Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
- 1519-21: Hernán Cortés leads the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
- 1520-1650: Commercial Revolution
- 1526: Mughal Empire, founded by Babur, rules India until 1739 and hold titles until 1857.
- 1530: 1st Sikh Guru Nanak Ji shows opposition towards the autocratic rule of Babar.
- 1540: Francisco Vásquez de Coronado sights the Grand Canyon.
- Copernicus publishes his theory that the Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun (1543)
- 1545: Theory of complex numbers is first developed by Gerolamo Cardamo of Italy.
- 1556: Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
- 1560: 3rd Guru Amar Das Ji asks Akbar to remove the unfair tax levied on non muslims
- 1562: Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.
- 1564: William Shakespeare born April 23
- 1582: Gregorian calendar is introduced in Europe by Pope Gregory XIII.
- 1585: The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of the Atlantic.
- 1593 - Galileo Galilei invents a thermometer.
- 1600: The British East India Company was chartered.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
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