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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Gonzalo Jim






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






4. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






5. 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.






6. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






7. Birth of Ren






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






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






10. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






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






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






14. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






15. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






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






17. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






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






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






20. 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.






21. Birth of Ren






22. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






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






24. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






25. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






27. Spanish






28. 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.






29. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






30. 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.






31. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






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






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






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






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






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






37. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






38. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






39. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






40. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






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






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






43. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






44. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






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






46. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






47. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






48. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






49. Spain repulses the English Armada.






50. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th