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16th Century Timeline

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1. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






2. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






3. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






4. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






5. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






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7. Rising of the North in England.






8. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






9. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






10. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






11. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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13. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






14. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






15. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






16. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






17. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






18. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






19. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






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






21. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






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23. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






24. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






25. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






26. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






27. 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.






28. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






29. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






30. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






32. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






33. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






34. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






35. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






36. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






37. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






38. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






39. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






40. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






41. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






42. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






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






44. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






45. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






46. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






47. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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49. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






50. Affair of the Placards