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16th Century Timeline

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






2. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






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






5. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






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






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






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






10. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.






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






12. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






13. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






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






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






16. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.






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






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






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






20. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






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






22. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland - Ismail I - the founder of Safavid dynasty - dead and Tahmasp I became king.






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






24. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






25. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.






26. Affair of the Placards






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






28. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






29. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






30. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






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






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






34. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






35. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






36. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






38. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






39. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






40. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






41. Rising of the North in England.






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






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






44. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






45. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






46. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






47. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






49. Vasco N






50. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.