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16th Century Timeline

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1. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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3. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






4. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






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






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






8. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






9. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






10. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






11. 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






12. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






14. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






15. Spanish






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






17. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






18. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






19. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






20. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






21. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






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






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






24. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






25. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






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






27. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






28. The Polish






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






30. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






31. Spanish






32. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






33. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






35. 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.






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






37. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






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






39. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






40. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






41. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






42. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






44. 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.






45. Francis Drake circles the world.






46. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






48. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






49. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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