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1520
| 1520 • The Franciscan friar Matteo Bassi is inspired to return to the primitive life of solitude and penance as practiced by St. Francis, giving rise to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. |
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1545
Age: 25y
birth of childSteffan Klinger Kleinaspach, Backnang, Wurttemberg, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1545 • In Ming Dynasty China a large failure of the harvest in Henan province occurs due to excessive rainfall, which drives up the price of wheat and forces many to flee their rural counties; those who stay behind are forced to survive by eating leaves, bark, and human flesh. |