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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






4. 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






5. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






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






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






8. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






10. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






11. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






13. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






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






15. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






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






17. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






18. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






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






21. The Polish






22. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






23. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






24. First reported African slaves in The New World






25. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






26. 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.






27. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






28. Est






29. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






30. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






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






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






33. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






34. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






35. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






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






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






38. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






39. The Polish






40. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






41. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






42. Gonzalo Jim






43. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






44. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






46. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






49. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






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