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 • Orthodox Patriarch Meletius I of Alexandria succeeds Silvester. |
1635
Oct 20
Age: 91y
| 1635 • Boston Latin School, the oldest school in the United States of America, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts. |