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16th Century Timeline

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1. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






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






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4. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






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






6. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






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






11. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






12. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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






14. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






15. 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.






16. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






17. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






18. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






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






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






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






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






23. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






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






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






26. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






27. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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






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






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






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33. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






34. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






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






36. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






37. 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






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39. 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.






40. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






42. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






43. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






44. Affair of the Placards






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






46. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






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






50. Francis Drake circles the world.