Famous From the 16th Century Quiz
Famous From the 16th Century
Can you name the notable people of the 16th century, by completing their names?
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Enter missing portion of the name:
| Person | Missing | Hint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ___ Vespucci | A continent was named for this explorer | ||
| Catherine of ___ | First of six wives to a King | ||
| ___ | Incan Emperor | ||
| Vasco Núñez de ___ | Isthmus of Panama to Pacific Ocean | ||
| '__Mary' I of England | Protestant persecution and executions | ||
| Anne ___ | Executed second wife of a King | ||
| ___ Godunov | Russian Regent and Tsar | ||
| Jacques ___ | St. Lawrence River explorer; claimed Canada for France | ||
| Baldassare ___ | 'Il Cortegiano' | ||
| ___ Marlowe | 'Doctor Faustus' | ||
| Pope ___ VII | Excommunication of England's King | ||
| Nicolaus ___ | 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium' | ||
| Hernán ___ | Conquest of the Aztec Empire | ||
| Vasco ___ Gama | Portuguese explorer - India by sea | ||
| Catherine ___ Medici | Queen consort of France, then regent | ||
| Sir Francis ___ | Globe circumnavigator & fought the Spanish Armada | ||
| Albrecht ___ | 'Knight, Death and the Devil', 'Melencolia I' | ||
| ___ I | 'The Virgin Queen' of England | ||
| ___ of Rotterdam | Called 'Prince of the Humanists'; wrote 'The Praise of Folly' | ||
| ___ I | King of France, arts patron, Ottoman ally, Edict of Fontainebleau | ||
| El ___ | 'El Expolio', 'The Burial of the Count of Orgaz' | ||
| Pope ___ XIII | Reformed the Julian calendar | ||
| ___ Nanak | Founder of Sikh religion | ||
| ___ VIII | Church of England's split from Rome | ||
| ___ | Native American Iroquois 'Five Nations' | ||
| ___ Bosch | Painter of 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' | ||
| ___ Calvin | 'Institutio Christianae religionis' |
| Person | Missing | Hint | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ___ Jane Grey | The 9-day Queen | ||
| Martin ___ | 'Ninety-Five Theses' precursor to Protestant Reformation | ||
| Niccolò ___ | 'The Prince' | ||
| Ferdinand ___ | His expedition completed global circumnavigation after his death | ||
| Süleyman 'the ___' | Sultan of Ottoman Empire | ||
| ___ | 'David'; 'The Creation of Adam' | ||
| ___ II | Aztec Ruler | ||
| Michel de ___ | 'Les Essais'; 'Que sçay-je?' | ||
| ___ | 'The Prophecies' | ||
| ___ Nobunaga | Unification of Japan | ||
| Giovanni Pierluigi da ___ | 'Missa Papae Marcelli' | ||
| ___ II of Spain | Ruled an empire, but his Armada lost to the English | ||
| Francisco ___ | Conquest of the Inca Empire | ||
| Juan ___ de León | Puerto Rico, Florida; 'Fountain of Youth' | ||
| François ___ | 'La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel' | ||
| Sir Walter ___ | Organized Roanoke & 'El Dorado' expeditions | ||
| ___ | Painter of frescoes in The Vatican Palace | ||
| Charles V, Holy ___ Emperor | Habsburg Monarch; aka Charles I of Spain | ||
| ___ Thomas More | 'Utopia' | ||
| Mary, Queen of ___ | aka Mary Stuart | ||
| Hernando de ___ | Explored areas beyond the Mississippi River | ||
| Edmund ___ | 'The Faerie Queene' | ||
| Ivan IV, 'the ___' | Grand Prince of Moscow; Tsar of all Russia | ||
| ___ Tallis | 'Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater' | ||
| ___ | Painter of 'Assumption of the Virgin' | ||
| Leonardo da ___ | 'Mona Lisa' | ||
| ___ Tyndale | English translation of the Bible |