1. On August 27, the famous painter Tiziano Vecelli died in Venice. What was he better known as? Answer: (One Word)

2. In 1576, the forces of what Moghul emperor conquered the Indian province of Bengal? Kublai Khan Genghis Khan Akbar Tamerlane

3. What opened in London in 1576? Buckingham Palace First English medical school First English brothel First permanent public theatres

4. In a massacre known as 'the Spanish Fury', Spanish soldiers killed between 6,000 and 8,000 residents of what European city on November 8, 1576? Antwerp Milan Amsterdam Cannes

5. In 1576, 40 percent of the Native Americans in Mexico (New Spain) were killed by matlazahuatl. What was this? Venereal disease Plague Famine Sacrifice

6. What English explorer discovered Baffin Island in June 1576 on his first voyage to the Arctic? Sir Richard Grenville Henry Hudson Martin Frobisher Sir Francis Drake

7. In 1576 in the Florida village of Santa Elena, 287 colonists were evacuated due to __________. Plague Hurricane Indian raids Fire

8. In 1576, construction of Azuchi Castle was begun in what country? Mexico Romania Scotland Japan

9. What astronomer established an observatory on the island of Hven in Denmark in 1576? Nicolas Copernicus Tycho Brahe Galileo Galilei William Herschel

10. In 1576, work on 'The Magdalene' was begun by which famous painter? Raphael Paul Rubens Leonardo da Vinci El Greco