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Crimson Trace is an American manufacturer of laser sight equipment, chiefly but not exclusively for pistols. The firm specializes in in-line upper-grip-mounted red and green laser units, trigger-guard mounted sights, and training units. Crimson Trace partners with manufacturers of firearms in product releases, with many models shipping with ...
The Device Forts, also known as Henrician castles and blockhouses, were a series of artillery fortifications built to defend the coast of England and Wales by Henry VIII. [a] Traditionally, the Crown had left coastal defences in the hands of local lords and communities but the threat of French and Spanish invasion led the King to issue an order, called a "device", for a major programme of work ...
Year 1550 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events. January–March. January 6 ...
1550. Pope Paul V Anne of Saint Bartholomew King Charles IX of Sweden. January 18 – Tsugaru Tamenobu, Japanese daimyō (d. 1607) February 17 – Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, Dutch army commander (d. 1606) [208] February 22 – Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg (d. 1616) [209] March 6 – Michelangelo Naccherino, Italian sculptor (d ...
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1550–1554 – Church of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia, Rome, designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, constructed, the first church of the Italian Renaissance to have an elliptical dome. [1] 1550–1557 – Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, designed by Mimar Sinan, constructed.
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Pope Paul III had enlarged the College of Cardinals to an unprecedented 54, and the length of the conclave allowed many of the foreign cardinals to arrive, bringing the number of cardinal electors at one point to 51, although two died and several fell ill during the conclave, reducing their number to 44 by the final scrutiny (ballot).