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16th Century Timeline

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1. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






3. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






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






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






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






8. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






10. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






11. The Polish






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






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






14. 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.






15. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






16. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






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






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






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






20. Rising of the North in England.






21. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






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






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






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






27. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






28. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






29. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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36. Affair of the Placards






37. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






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






39. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






40. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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







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