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16th Century Timeline

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1. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






2. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






3. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






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






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






6. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






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






9. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






10. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






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






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






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. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






15. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






16. 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.






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






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






19. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






20. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






21. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






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






30. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.






31. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






35. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See






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






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






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






39. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






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






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






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






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






45. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






47. Birth of Ren






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






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






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