1535
| 1535 • George Joye publishes his Apologye in Antwerp to clear his name from the accusations of William Tyndale. |
1585
Age: 50y
| 1585 • A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Ralegh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. This group will depart the following June. |
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Age: 72y
1607
Age: 72y
| 1607 • San Agustin Church, Manila, is officially completed; it is currently the oldest church in the Philippines |
1607
Feb 26
| 1607 • Hamlet is performed aboard the East India Company ship Red Dragon, under the command of Capt. William Keeling, anchored off the coast of Sierra Leone, the first known performance of a Shakespeare play outside England in English, and the first by amateurs. |