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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






5. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






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






7. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






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






9. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






10. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






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






13. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






14. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






15. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






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






18. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






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






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






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






22. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






23. 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.






24. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






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






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






27. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






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






29. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






30. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






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






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






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






35. Rising of the North in England.






36. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






37. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






38. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






39. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






41. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






46. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






48. Rising of the North in England.






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






50. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.