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    Year 1551 (MDLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 4 – Luca Spinola is elected...
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    The Commodore 1551 (originally introduced as the SFS 481) is a floppy disk drive for the Commodore Plus/4 home computer. It resembles a charcoal-colored...
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  • Events from the year 1551 in India. The first volume of "História do descobrimento e conquista da Índia pelos portugueses" (History of the discovery and...
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    following the siege of Rhodes. The Ottomans first attempted to take Malta in 1551 but failed. In 1565, Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Sultan, made a...
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    The Italian War of 1551–1559 began when Henry II of France declared war against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V with the intent of recapturing parts of Italy...
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  • article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1551. June 27 – Edict of Châteaubriant prohibits possessing any books listed on...
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    The Invasion of Gozo took place in July 1551, and was accomplished by the Ottoman Empire against the island of Gozo, following an unsuccessful attempt...
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  • Events from the year 1551 in art. Cristóvão Lopes succeeds his father Gregório Lopes as the royal painter of King John III of Portugal Pieter Aertsen –...
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    was made a Knight of the Garter by Edward VI, King of England, in April 1551. By 19 July, after some lengthy haggling concerning the dowry, a betrothal...
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    The siege of Tripoli occurred in 1551 when the Ottoman Turks and Barbary pirates besieged and vanquished the Knights of Malta in the Red Castle of Tripoli...
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