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== Unexact dates ==
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* [[Egg Bag]] known to have been used
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* A magician showed working with a pick-pocket in painting, "The Conjurer"<ref>[[History of Close Up Magic]]</ref>
  
 
==Selected Magic Events By Year==
 
==Selected Magic Events By Year==
 
(Click on date to see all magic events in that year)
 
(Click on date to see all magic events in that year)
 
*[[1500-Unexact dates]] - [[Egg Bag]] known to have been used
 
  
 
*[[1535]] - [[John Baptista Porta]], author of ''Magia natvralis libri viginti'', is born
 
*[[1535]] - [[John Baptista Porta]], author of ''Magia natvralis libri viginti'', is born
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*[[1581]] - ''[[A Brief and Pleasant Treatise]]'', Early book in English, included magic
 
*[[1581]] - ''[[A Brief and Pleasant Treatise]]'', Early book in English, included magic
  
*[[1584]] - [[The Discoverie of Witchcraft]] published by [[Reginald Scot]]
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*[[1584]] - [[The Discoverie of Witchcraft]] published by [[Reginald Scot]] and [[La Premiere Partie des subtiles et plaisantes inventions]] by [[Jean Prévost]]
  
 
*[[1585]] - [[Piazza Universale|''Piazza Universale'']], is written by Girolamo Cardano
 
*[[1585]] - [[Piazza Universale|''Piazza Universale'']], is written by Girolamo Cardano
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*[[John Baptista Porta]], the author of ''[[Natural Magick]]''
 
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Latest revision as of 11:51, 26 April 2015

The century of the 1500s.


Unexact dates

  • Egg Bag known to have been used
  • A magician showed working with a pick-pocket in painting, "The Conjurer"[1]

Selected Magic Events By Year

(Click on date to see all magic events in that year)

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

Significant people


References

  1. History of Close Up Magic