John Hall
1 of 2 portraits of John Hall
© National Portrait Gallery, London
John Hall
after Unknown artist
woodcut, 1564
5 3/4 in. x 3 5/8 in. (147 mm x 93 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D25471
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Current affairs
Negotiations are held to marry Queen Elizabeth I to Charles, Archduke of Austria.Sir Robert Dudley is made Earl of Leicester.
Art and science
The poet and dramatist William Shakespeare is born at Stratford-upon-Avon.International
Phillip II of Spain orders that the decrees of the Council of Trent be enforced throughout his territories.The strict application of Spanish Catholicism in the Netherlands leads to Protestant resistance under by William of Orange.
Death of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria and the succession of his son Maximilian II as Holy Roman Emperor and King of Austria, Bohemia and Hungary.
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