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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






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






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






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






8. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






14. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






15. The Polish






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






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






22. 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.






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






24. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






25. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






26. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






27. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






29. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






30. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






31. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






32. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






33. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






34. 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.






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






36. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






37. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






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






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






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






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






42. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






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






45. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






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






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






48. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






49. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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







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