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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






8. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






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






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






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






12. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






13. The French defeat an Imperial






14. 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.






15. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






18. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.






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






20. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






22. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






23. The Polish






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






25. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






26. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






28. Rising of the North in England.






29. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






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






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






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






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






35. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






36. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






37. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






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






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






41. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






42. 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.






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






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






45. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






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






48. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






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







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