Bezant was the currency of Constantinople in the 1500s.
In Bulgaria in place of Birthdays we celebrate.. birthdays. We also have the so called nameday (saint day), but both birthdays and namedays are celebrated.
It is called a "Irish Twins" when siblings are born within the same calendar year but have different birthdays.
It is sometimes called the 'Age of Discovery'.
The Protestant Reformation
There were no Police force in the 1500s but there were most probably some kind of Neighbourhood watch or some sort of thing like that.
armada
No it came after the 17th century
The NorthWest Passage
The NorthWest Passage
== == there was something called a shilling...i think. =] there was something called a shilling...i think. =]
There is no specific collective noun for birthdays, however a noun suitable for the situation can be used; for example a cluster of birthdays, a series of birthdays, or a respectable century of birthdays.