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16th Century Timeline

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1. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






2. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






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






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






5. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






6. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






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






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






9. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






10. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






11. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






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






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






14. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






16. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






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






19. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






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






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






22. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






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






24. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






25. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






26. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






27. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






28. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






29. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






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






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






32. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






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






34. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






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






36. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






37. 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.






38. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






40. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






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






43. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






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






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






46. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






47. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






48. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






50. 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.