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16th Century Timeline

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1. Birth of Ren






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






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






4. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






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






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






7. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






8. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






9. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






10. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






11. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






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






14. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






15. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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17. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






18. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






20. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






21. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






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






23. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






24. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






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






26. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






27. Affair of the Placards






28. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






29. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






30. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






32. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






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






35. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






37. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






38. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






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






40. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






41. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. Gonzalo Jim






47. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






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






49. The M






50. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.