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16th Century Timeline

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1. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






2. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






3. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






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5. Spain repulses the English Armada.






6. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






7. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






8. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






9. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






10. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






11. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






12. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






13. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






14. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






15. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






16. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






17. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






18. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






19. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






20. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.






21. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






22. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






23. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






24. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






25. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






26. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






27. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






28. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






29. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






30. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






31. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






32. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






33. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.






34. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






35. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






36. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






37. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






38. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






39. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






40. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






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42. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






43. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






44. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






45. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






46. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






47. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






48. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






49. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






50. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy