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1520
| 1520 • After navigating through the South American strait, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific (the strait was later named the Strait of Magellan). |
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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. |