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16th Century Timeline

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1. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






2. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






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






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






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






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9. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






10. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






13. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






14. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






16. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






17. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






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






19. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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21. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






22. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






23. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






25. Catherine de' Medici instigates the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre which takes the lives of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny and thousands of Huguenots. The violence spreads from Paris to other cities and the countryside.






26. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






27. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






28. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






29. 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.






30. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






38. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






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






40. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






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






42. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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44. Portuguese missionaries Jos






45. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






46. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






47. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






48. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






50. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.







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