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16th Century Timeline

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






2. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






4. Vasco N






5. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






6. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






7. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






8. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






9. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






10. Spanish






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






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






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






14. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






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






16. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






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






18. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






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






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






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






22. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






23. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






24. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






25. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






26. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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






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






29. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






30. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






32. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






33. Gonzalo Jim






34. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






35. Spanish






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






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






38. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






39. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






40. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






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






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






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






45. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






46. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






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






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






49. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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