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| 1573 |
| | | Venice cedes the island of Cyprus to the Turks, in spite of the Christian victory at Lepanto two years earlier | |
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| 1573 |
| | | The city of Alkmaar is saved when the Dutch breach their own dikes, threatening the Spanish troops with death by drowning | |
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| 1574 |
| | | The Ottoman empire finally asserts control over the north African coast, in the footsteps of Muslim pirates | |
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| 1575 |
| | | Stefan Báthory, prince of Transylvania, is elected king of Poland | |
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| 1575 |
| | | The armies of Spain develop a powerful version of the ancient phalanx, which becomes known as the Spanish square | |
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| 1575 |
| | | English sailor and slave-trader John Hawkins turns the top-heavy carrack into the more seaworthy galleon | |
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| c. 1575 |
| | | Soft-paste porcelain, in imitation of true porcelain from China, is successfully created for the Medici in Florence | |
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| 1576 |
| | | The Pacification of Ghent unites all the provinces of the Netherlands in opposition to Spain | |
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| 1576 |
| | | James Burbage builds London's first theatre and calls it the Theatre | |
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| c. 1576 |
| | | Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe builds Uraniborg, on the island of Hven, and makes it the world's leading observatory | |
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