1502
| 1502 • The King's School, Macclesfield, England, is founded by Sir John Percyvale. |
1542
Age: 40y
| 1542 • The first contact of Japan with the West occurs when a Portuguese ship, blown off its course to China, lands Fernão Mendes Pinto, Diogo Zeimoto and Cristovão Borralho in Japan. |