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  • Ming Dynasty (Present Day Ningbo, Zhejiang, China)
    1561
    Libraries

    Tianyi Chamber

    Ming Dynasty (Present Day Ningbo, Zhejiang, China)
    1561

    Tianyi Chamber, founded in 1561 by Fan Qin during the Ming Dynasty, is the oldest existing library in China. In its heyday it boasted a collection of 70,000 volumes of antique books.



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  • Belgium
    1561
    April Fools' Day

    A Nobleman Who Sent His Servants on Foolish Errands

    Belgium
    1561

    In 1561, Flemish poet Eduard de Dene wrote of a nobleman who sent his servants on foolish errands on April 1.



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  • Zielona Góra
    Thursday Aug 24, 1561

    Bartholomeus Pitiscus Brith

    Zielona Góra
    Thursday Aug 24, 1561

    The German mathematician, Bartholomeus Pitiscus, was born in Poland.



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