Benin plaque: the oba with Europeans
16th century · Resource
A cast-brass relief plaque from the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin showing the oba with Portuguese figures, documenting early West African contact with Europe. One of the Benin Bronzes looted in 1897.
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Around 1550
- Mona Lisa (1503)
- English Reformation (1534)
- St Peter's Basilica completed (1506)
- English Reformation ends (1559)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- British East India Company chartered (1600)
- English Reformation begins (1534)
- Death of Henry VIII (1547)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)
- Council of Trent (1545)