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16th Century Timeline

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1. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






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






4. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






5. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






7. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






8. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






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






11. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






13. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






15. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.






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






17. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. First reported African slaves in The New World






24. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






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






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






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






28. Birth of Ren






29. Portuguese missionaries Jos






30. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






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






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






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






35. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






36. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






37. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






38. The M






39. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






41. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






43. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






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






45. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






47. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






49. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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







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