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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






3. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






6. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland - Ismail I - the founder of Safavid dynasty - dead and Tahmasp I became king.






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






8. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






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






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






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






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






14. First reported African slaves in The New World






15. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






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






17. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






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






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






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






21. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






22. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






23. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






24. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






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






27. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






28. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






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






30. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






32. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






33. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






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






35. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






36. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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






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






40. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






41. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






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






43. Rising of the North in England.






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






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






46. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






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






48. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






50. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.