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16th Century Timeline

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






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






3. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






4. Francis Drake circles the world.






5. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






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






7. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






8. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






9. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






10. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






11. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






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






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






15. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






16. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






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






19. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






20. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






21. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






23. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






25. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






26. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






27. The Polish






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






29. Rising of the North in England.






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






31. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






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






33. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






35. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






42. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






43. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






44. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






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






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






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






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






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