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16th Century Timeline

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1. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






3. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






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






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






7. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






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






9. Portuguese missionaries Jos






10. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






11. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






12. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






13. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






14. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






15. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






16. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






17. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






18. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






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20. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






21. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






22. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.






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






24. First reported African slaves in The New World






25. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






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27. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






28. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






29. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






30. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






31. 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.






32. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






33. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






34. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






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36. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






37. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






38. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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






40. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






46. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






47. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






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50. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.