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Annus 1542 e serie paginarum brevium de annis. Millennia: millennium 1 · millennium 2 · millennium 3 Saecula: saeculum 15 · saeculum 16 · saeculum 17 Anni: (1540) · 1541 · 1542 · 1543 · 1544 · 1545 · 1546 · 1547 · 1548 · 1549 · 1550 · (1551) Index 1 Eventa 2 Nati 2.1 Mense Iunio 2.2 Mense Decembri 2.3 Ignotis diebus 3 Mortui 3.1 Mense Februario 3.2 Mense Augusto 3.3 Ignotis diebus Eventa | 13 Februarii - Catharina Hauarda uxor quinta Henrici VIII regis Angliae supplicio morte affecta est. Nati | Mense Iunio | 24 Iunii - Sanctus Ioannes a Cruce, mysticus, poeta et religiosus Hispanus (obiit 1591). Mense Decembri | 8 Decembris - Maria, regina Scotiae (mortua 1587) Ignotis diebus | Fridericus Zuccaro, pictor Italicus; mortuus est anno 1609. Franciscus Faber medicus Theodiscus; mortuus est anno 1593. Iacobus Pontanus, magister linguae Latinae Bohemicus; mortuus est anno 1626. ...

Ioannes Rodrigues Cabrilho

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Ioannes Rodrigues Cabrilho Ioannes Rodrigues Cabrilho (natus fortasse c. 1498-1500; mortuus die 3 Ianuarii, 1543) est primus gentis Europeae qui expeditionem litorae Californiae fecit. Perdives factus est mina in Guatemala. Etiam latifundia eum benefecit ubi vernacularum gentes in servitutem redactae sunt. Insula Santa Catalina venta, aborigines suos vires incurrerunt. Suos eripiens vulneratus est crurem. Gangraena affecta, mortuus est die 3 Ianuarii 1543. Monumentum Cabrillo National Monument in Didacopole, California. Nexus externi | Instituto Camões Cabrillo National Monument San Salvador build site at the Maritime Museum of San Diego Port of San Diego Celebrates Milestone in Construction of Historic Ship Replica This page is only for reference, If you need detailed information, please check here

Sci-fi “year’s best” type of collection based on hazy memories of two short stories

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4 1 As the title indicates, I’m trying to identify a science fiction short story “year’s best” type of collection from either the 1980s or early to mid-1990s based on my rather hazy recollections of two of the stories. The first story takes place on a flat Earth, where a group of teenagers climb over the edge of the Earth in order, with the ostensible goal of getting wishes granted - which they do, just not in the way they expected. The second story has to do with an Rarth leading up to the apocalypse, where the laws of physics have started to break down. One danger people encounter is death by “gravity hammer”, where the force of gravity will suddenly increase instantly and exponentially in random locations, killing anyone who happens to be standing there. story...