1500s

The century of the 1500s.

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Unexact dates

• Egg Bag known to have been used
• A magician showed working with a pick-pocket in painting, "The Conjurer"

Selected Magic Events By Year

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• 1535 - John Baptista Porta, author of Magia natvralis libri viginti, is born

• 1538 - Reginald Scot, author of The Discoverie of Witchcraft, is born

• 1558 - Natural Magick, or Magia natvralis libri viginti written

• 1563 - De Furtivis Literarum Notis written

• 1581 - A Brief and Pleasant Treatise, Early book in English, included magic

• 1584 - The Discoverie of Witchcraft published by Reginald Scot and La Premiere Partie des subtiles et plaisantes inventions by Jean Prévost

• 1585 - Piazza Universale, is written by Girolamo Cardano

• 1591 - Jean Leurechon is born

• 1593 - Giochi de Carte is published in Venice

• 1597 - St Nicholas Owen thought to have masterminded John Gerard, S.J.'s famous escape from the Tower of London

• 1599 - Reginald Scot dies

Significant people

• Reginald Scot, author of the groundbreaking book, for its time, The Discoverie of Witchcraft

• John Baptista Porta, the author of Natural Magick