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16th Century Timeline

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1. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






2. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






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






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






6. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






8. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






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






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






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






13. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






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






15. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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18. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






26. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






27. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






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






29. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






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






32. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






33. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






34. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






36. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






37. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






38. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






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






40. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






41. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






42. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






43. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.






44. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






45. 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.






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






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






48. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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