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The Reign of Elizabeth I of England
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Cortes Captures the Aztec Capital
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Painting the Sistine Chapel
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From the Heroic Years of the Dutch
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Balboa Discovers the Pacific
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Council of Trent Adjourns
Time: December 4, 1563Place: Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Trent (modern Trento), ItalyThe Protestant Reformation had left the Pope’s Catholic
Building the First Theatre In England
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