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16th Century Timeline

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1. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






2. 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.






3. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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6. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






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






8. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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






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






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






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






19. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






21. 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






22. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






23. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






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






25. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






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






27. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






28. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






29. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






30. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






31. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






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






36. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






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






39. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






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






41. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






42. The French defeat an Imperial






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






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






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






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47. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






48. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






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






50. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.