1544
| 1544 • Portuguese explorers encounter the island of Taiwan and call it Ilha Formosa ("Beautiful Island"). |
1590
Age: 46y
birth of childPieter Janszoon Quackenbosch Holland ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1590 • The Treaty of Istanbul is signed. |
1635
Oct 20
Age: 91y
| 1635 • Rhode Island founder Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident, after speaking out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land. |