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16th Century Timeline

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






2. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






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






4. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






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






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






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






9. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






10. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






11. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






12. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






14. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






16. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






17. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






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






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






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






22. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






23. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






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25. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






27. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






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






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






31. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






32. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






33. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






34. 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.






35. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






36. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






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






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






40. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






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






44. 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.






45. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






46. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






47. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






48. Affair of the Placards






49. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






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







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