What happened in 1600?
59 recorded events in 1600, including 26 in wars & conflicts, 17 in people and 7 in architecture & engineering. A further 92 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Major Events 1
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British East India Company founded
The English Crown charters the East India Company, which will grow to dominate trade with Asia.
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Wars & Conflicts 26
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Battle of Sekigahara
1600 battle preceding Tokugawa shogunate in Japan
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Polish–Swedish War of 1600–11
Conflict between Sweden and Poland-Lithuania over control of Livonia, as well as the dispute over the Swedish throne between Charles IX of Sweden and Sigismund III Vasa
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Battle of Nieuwpoort
Battle between the Dutch and the Spanish in the city of Nieuwpoort, now in Belgium
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Siege of Fushimi
1600 A crucial battle in the series leading up to the decisive battle of Sekigahara which ended Japan's Sengoku period
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Siege of Ueda
1600 siege
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Battle of Mirăslău
1600 battle
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Battle of Imafuku
1600 battle
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Battle of Gifu Castle
1600 battle
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Battle of Karksi
1600 military conflict in Estonia during Polish-Swedish War
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Franco-Savoyard War (1600–1601)
European war
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Siege of Tanabe
Battle in Japan in 1600, part of the Sengoku period
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Siege of Ōtsu
1600 battle
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Battle of Asainawate
1600 battle in Japan
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Battle of Kuisegawa
Battle of Kuisegawa (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Bucov
1600 battle
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Siege of Hasedō
1600 siege
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Siege of Shiroishi
1600 siege
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Siege of Kaminoyama
1600 siege
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Battle of Lekkerbeetje
Cavalry duel fought by pre-arrangement on Vughterheide near 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant during the Eighty Years' War
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Battle of Moyry Pass
1600 battle
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Siege of Hataya
1600 siege
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Siege of Uto
1600, Japan
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Siege of Yanagawa
1600 siege
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Battle of Lifford
1600 battle in County Donegal during the Nine Years' War
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Battle of Benbigrie
1600 battle
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Siege of San Andreas
1600 action during the Eighty Years' and Anglo–Spanish wars
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People 17
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Giordano Bruno died
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
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Tadeáš Hájek died
Czech astronomist and mathematician
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Agostino Ramelli died
Italian engineer
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Conrad Dasypodius died
Swiss mathematician
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Nicolaus Reimers died
German astronomer (1551-1600)
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Christoph Rothmann died
German astronomer
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Cesare Federici died
Venetian explorer
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Gonzalo de Piña Ludueña died
Spanish military officer, settler and colonial administrator, governor of the Province of Venezuela from 1597 to 1600
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Beltrán de Cetina died
Spanish conquistador
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Pedro Menéndez de Márquez died
Spanish colonial governor
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Felipa de Souza died
Luso-Brazilian activist
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Cyprian Bazylik died
Polish composer and writer
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Robert Wilson died
Elizabethan dramatist
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Charles I of England born
Born in Dunfermline Palace. King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 to 1649 (1600-1649).
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Pedro Calderón de la Barca born
Born in Madrid. Spanish dramatist (1600-1681).
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Nicolas Sanson born
Born in Abbeville. French cartographer (1600–1667).
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Charles Sorel born
Born in Paris. French writer (1600–1674).
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Science & Technology 1
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University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden
Botanical garden
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Religion & Belief Systems 4
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Sulthani Wotgalih Pathok Nagara Mosque
Sulthani Wotgalih Pathok Nagara Mosque (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Sanctuary of Maria Santissima
Church in Capo d'Orlando, Sicily
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St. Andreas
Filial church in Freimehring, Germany
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Unsere Liebe Frau
Church building in Marching, Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
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Economy & Trade 1
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East India Company
British trading company (1600–1874)
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Thessaly Rebellion
1600–1601 rebellion
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Architecture & Engineering 7
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Troyan Monastery
Orthodox stauropygial monastery in Bulgaria
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Santa Caterina a Chiaia
Church
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Hustynia Monastery
Church building in Gustinia, Ukraine
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Hamre Church
Church building in Osterøy, Norway
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Chapel of Our Lady of Itria (Mġarr)
Roman catholic church in Malta
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San Giovanni dell'Origlione
Church building in Palermo, Italy
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La Cappella Madonna della Grazia
Church building in Gioi, Salerno, Campania, Italy
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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Fortune Playhouse
Theatre in Elizabethan London
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 92 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 1600 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 1600.
16th century 91
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Ananuri
Fortified ensemble in Georgia
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Leo Africanus died
An Andalusi diplomat and author who is best known for his 1526 book Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica, later published by Giovanni Battista Ramusio as Descrittione dell'Africa in 1550, centered on the geography of the Maghreb and Nile Valley
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Vicente Yáñez Pinzón died
Spanish navigator, explorer
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Aissa Koli died
Kanem-Bornu Empire politician
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Enrique of Malacca died
Portuguese slave
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Juan de Bermúdez died
Spanish explorer
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Binot Paulmier de Gonneville died
French explorer
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Rafael Perestrello died
Portuguese explorer
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Antón de Alaminos died
Spanish navigator and explorer
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Diogo Fernandes Pereira died
Portuguese explorer
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Beatriz Bermúdez de Velasco died
Female soldier during the conquest of Mexico
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Álvaro Velho died
Portuguese writer who participated as a sailor or soldier in the expedition of discovery of sea route to India led by Vasco da Gama in 1497
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Juan de Agramonte died
Catalonian explorer (fl. 1511)
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Álvaro de Mezquita died
Álvaro de Mezquita (Exploration & Discovery).
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Alonso de Cáceres died
Spanish conquistador
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Diego de Melo Coutinho died
Portuguese explorer
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Croquant rebellions
French peasant revolts from 1594 to 1637
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Santa Maria presso San Satiro
Church in Milan, Italy
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Skopje Aqueduct
Bridge in Macedonia
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Varlaam monastery
Monastery in Meteora Municipality, Greece
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Veit Bach died
Great-great-grandfather of J. S. Bach
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Jeronimo Bassano died
Italian musician
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Church of Saint-Francis of Assisi
Church in Hervartov
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Schwarzenberg Palace
Building and art museum in Prague, Czech Republic
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Beočin monastery
Serbian Orthodox monastery
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Rakovac monastery
Orthodox Serb monastery
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Nieuwe Kerk
Protestant church in The Hague, Netherlands
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St. Peter's Cathedral
Cathedral located in Annecy (Haute-Savoie, France)
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Church of Theotokos of Vale
Church building in Vale, Georgia
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Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Church in Most District of Ústí Nad Labem region
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St. Lamberti
Church in Münster, Germany
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St. Stepanos Church
Armenian church in İzmir, Turkey
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Camillo Leonardi died
Italian astronomer and astrologer
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Giovanni Sfortunati died
Italian mathematician
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Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija
Spanish house-museum
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Church of Santa María
Cultural property in Salvatierra, Spain
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Church of San Cipriano
Building in Cobeña, Spain
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St. Mary's church
Church building in Sønderborg Municipality, Denmark
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Radziejowice Castle
Historic site in Radziejowice, Masovian Voivodeship in Poland
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Black Tower
Tower in České Budějovice
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Monestir de Santa Maria d'Aigües Vives
Early modern religious building in Carcaixent, Spain
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Palace of Duke of Pastrana
Cultural property in Pastrana, Spain
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Palacio de los Guzmanes
Palace in León, Spain
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Palazzo Pignatelli di Monteleone, Naples
Building in Naples, Italy
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Santuari del Corredor
Church building in Dosrius, Spain
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Pedersöre Church
Church in Jakobstad, Finland
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Palazzo Diotti
Building in Milan, Italy
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Bunyoro founded
Bunyoro was founded.
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Hunza State founded
Hunza State was founded, with its capital at Karimabad.
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Kingdom of Dotawo dissolved
Kingdom of Dotawo ceased to exist.
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Sultanate of Mogadishu dissolved
Sultanate of Mogadishu ceased to exist, having been centered at Mogadishu.
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Koriya founded
Koriya was founded.
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Hospital de San Sebastián
Former hospital in Spain
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Antinous Farnese
Marble sculptural representation of Antinous
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Hajji Bani mosque
A mosque and historical architectural monument located in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Langarota Mosque
Mosque in Qashqadaryo region
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Szydłów Synagogue
Former synagogue in Szydłów, Poland
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Radha Vallabh Temple
Hindu temple in Vindravan, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Synagogue in Rousínov
Church building in Rousínov, Czech Republic
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Shah Synagogue in Holešov
Shah Synagogue in Holešov (Religion & Belief Systems).
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St. James's Church, Koper
Church building in Koper City Municipality, Slovenia
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Signora Giveret Synagogue
Synagogue in İzmir, western Turkey
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Hadži Hamza Mosque
Hadži Hamza Mosque (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Santuario de las Virtudes
Cultural property in Villena, Spain
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Portuguese Synagogue
Synagogue in İzmir, western Turkey
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mosque in Sur, Diyarbakır
Mosque in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey
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Sri Sri Bura Shivdham
Hindu temple in Dhaka
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Bisham Abbey
Monastic and manorial complex
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Hüseyin İsa Bey Mosque
Mosque in İzmir, western Turkey
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Akmescid Mosque
Mosque in Edirne, northwestern Turkey
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Melek Ahmed Pasha Mosque
Mosque in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey
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Husrev Pasha Mosque
Mosque in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey
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Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Alexandrov)
Orthodox Church in Russia
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Heilige Dreifaltigkeit
Church building in Thal, Feldkirchen-Westerham, Germany
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Holy Trinity church in Chmielnik
Church building in Chmielnik, Poland
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St. Peter und Paul
Filial church in Lanzing, Tittmoning, Germany
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St. Ulrich
Church building in Thann, Holzkirchen, Germany
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St. Laurentius
Church building in Weiher, Isen, Germany
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All Saints church in Wojsław
Church building in Wojsław, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
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Saint Anthony of Padua church in Jeszkotle
Church building in Jeszkotle, Poland
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Kirche St. Margareta
Building in Dornach, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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St. Vitus (Staudach)
Filial church in Staudach
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Nostra Signora di Dovanelli
Shrine in Cabella Ligure, Italy
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St. Stephan (Stefansberg)
Building in Maisach, Bavaria, Germany
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Nostra Signora della Guardia
Shrine in Alassio, Italy
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Nostra Signora della Rovere
Shrine in San Bartolomeo al Mare, Italy
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San Paolo
Church building in Aurigo, Italy
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St. Michael
Filial church in Ostendorf, Meitingen, Germany
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Church of the presentation of Jesus Christ at the Temple in Siemiechów
Church building in Siemiechów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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San Calocero
Church building in Vendone, Italy
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Santa Maria della Rotonda
Shrine in Mallare, Italy
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1600s 1
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Dahomey founded
Dahomey was founded, with its capital at Abomey.
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