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16th Century Timeline
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1. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1523
1564
1566
1515
2. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1532
1501
1565
1562
3. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1558
1571
1573
1521
4. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1560
1512
1564
1513
5. Tom
1541
1549
1554
1592
6. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1506
1503
1500
1562
7. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1565
1525
1541
1553
8. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.
1574
1599
1522
1548
9. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1579
1572
1526
1571
10. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1589
1600
1503
1547
11. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal
1565
1598
1536
1513
12. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1574
1559
1506
1500
13. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.
1519
1509
1561
1592
14. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1588
1592
1576
1557
15. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1529
1516
1578
1561
16. The M
1524
1535
1519
1517
17. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1536
1505
1568
1503
18. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1580
1591
1539
1522
19. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.
1504
1598
1591
1533
20. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1524
1527
1572
1598
21. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1519
1582
1555
1536
22. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1548
1559
1527
1592
23. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal
1513
1567
1571
1536
24. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1536
1556
1539
1548
25. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.
1576
1542
1598
1569
26. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.
1548
1579
1569
1577
27. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1533
1514
1579
1556
28. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1547
1506
1560
1572
29. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1519
1592
1505
1569
30. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1501
1504
1509
1591
31. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1576
1500
1591
1557
32. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1519
1568
1507
1556
33. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1598
1585
1537
1503
34. Vasco N
1576
1517
1513
1500
35. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1545
1574
1518
1556
36. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1563
1591
1532
1580
37. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1554
1527
1500
1558
38. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1527
1579
1565
1541
39. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1573
1552
1582
1553
40. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.
1536
1544
1569
1571
41. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1503
1565
1579
1505
42. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.
1565
1551
1529
1580
43. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1565
1502
1562
1558
44. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1598
1579
1576
1571
45. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1503
1500
1506
1596
46. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1519
1547
1531
1556
47. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1600
1560
1541
1567
48. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1500
1582
1556
1502
49. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1587
1582
1576
1521
50. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1596
1598
1548
1568