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16th Century Timeline
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1. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
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2. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.
1558
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1524
1582
3. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1558
1580
1519
1512
4. 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.
1598
1572
1520
1527
5. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1527
1513
1593
1569
6. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1591
1519
1588
1534
7. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.
1547
1539
1517
1561
8. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1521
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1515
9. 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.
1591
1513
1556
1544
10. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.
1546
1541
1567
1501
11. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1592
1567
1575
1591
12. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.
1562
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1571
1573
13. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1582
1576
1572
1532
14. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1598
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1525
15. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1541
1558
1567
1519
16. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.
1565
1527
1506
1551
17. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.
1598
1565
1501
1570
18. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.
1574
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1561
1565
19. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1582
1517
1562
1600
20. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1566
1522
1587
1537
21. Hern
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22. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1565
1558
1567
1571
23. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.
1547
1539
1564
1579
24. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1536
1557
1536
1537
25. Francis Drake circles the world.
1522
1577
1506
1556
26. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1555
1562
1567
1556
27. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1591
1538
1571
1515
28. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.
1565
1529
1519
1565
29. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
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1567
1584
1571
30. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn
1592
1515
1599
1598
31. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1504
1565
1527
1513
32. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1534
1506
1518
1514
33. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1547
1567
1545
1513
34. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1562
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1524
1596
35. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1566
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1513
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36. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1526
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37. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1556
1541
1507
1588
38. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1541
1556
1574
1565
39. Miguel L
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40. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1515
1513
1579
1507
41. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1505
1519
1556
1574
42. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.
1565
1534
1548
1547
43. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1572
1520
1506
1527
44. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1514
1562
1527
1550
45. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1545
1515
1572
1500
46. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1531
1514
1599
1534
47. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani
1560
1572
1568
1545
48. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1589
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1572
1506
49. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.
1576
1509
1557
1571
50. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.
1541
1579
1573
1521