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16th Century Timeline
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1. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1541
1533
1600
1517
2. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1582
1507
1541
1589
3. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1579
1520
1556
1571
4. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1529
1541
1524
1503
5. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.
1556
1574
1546
1517
6. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April
1534
1573
1504
1564
7. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1537
1506
1567
1565
8. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1555
1506
1538
1599
9. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1565
1519
1548
1567
10. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1561
1532
1565
1527
11. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1503
1544
1521
1564
12. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1592
1559
1514
1512
13. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1519
1515
1501
1557
14. Morisco Revolt in Spain.
1578
1568
1524
1598
15. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1571
1582
1513
1505
16. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.
1598
1536
1580
1519
17. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.
1565
1518
1588
1592
18. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1550
1566
1517
1514
19. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1593
1591
1582
1573
20. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani
1502
1536
1558
1545
21. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1598
1565
1557
1553
22. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1567
1520
1513
1521
23. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.
1503
1506
1559
1600
24. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1520
1556
1519
1544
25. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.
1598
1565
1537
1506
26. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1565
1556
1545
1533
27. 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.
1571
1593
1561
1572
28. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1544
1567
1563
1553
29. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1507
1570
1571
1531
30. 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.
1547
1520
1560
1562
31. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1588
1544
1541
1534
32. Tom
1516
1576
1549
1562
33. Hern
1509
1538
1519
1550
34. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1536
1525
1509
1541
35. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See
1553
1529
1556
1541
36. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1568
1534
1509
1561
37. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.
1519
1533
1513
1517
38. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1567
1591
1527
1565
39. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1521
1544
1513
1536
40. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.
1517
1568
1579
1512
41. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1556
1501
1541
1500
42. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1513
1582
1521
1564
43. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1517
1524
1567
1547
44. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1576
1566
1521
1536
45. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1523
1591
1592
1511
46. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1558
1577
1557
1513
47. Birth of Ren
1567
1589
1596
1579
48. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1578
1558
1543
1541
49. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1571
1521
1502
1503
50. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.
1517
1521
1569
1572