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| 1543 |
| | Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus publishes a book suggesting that the earth moves round the sun | |
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| 1543 |
| | The first Europeans reach Japan by accident, blown ashore in a storm | |
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| 1543 |
| | Flemish anatomist Andreas Vesalius publishes a seven-volume work which for the first time lays bare human anatomy | |
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| 1543 |
| | Humayun, driven west into Afghanistan by Sher Shah, loses his family's new inheritance in India | |
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| 1545 |
| | Rich seams of silver are discovered at Potosi, in modern Bolivia | |
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| 1545 |
| | 3000 Waldenses are massacred as heretics in the villages of Provence | |
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| 1545 |
| | Ambroise Paré, the greatest surgeon of his day, publishes an account of how to treat gunshot wounds | |
| | Artificial hand designed by Ambroise Paré Wellcome Library, London
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| 1545 |
| | The Italian players of the commedia dell'arte first feature in the records in this year | |
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| 1545 |
| | A council of the Roman Catholic church is convened in Trent, to establish the tenets of the Counter-Reformation | |
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| 1546 |
| | David Beaton, the archbishop of St Andrews, burns a leading Protestant, George Wishart, as a heretic and is murdered in retaliation | |
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