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16th Century Timeline

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1. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






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3. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






4. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






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






6. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






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9. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






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. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






12. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






13. Rising of the North in England.






14. 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.






15. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






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17. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






19. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






20. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






21. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






22. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






23. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






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26. Spain repulses the English Armada.






27. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






28. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






31. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






32. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






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






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






36. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






37. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






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






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






40. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






41. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






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






44. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






45. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






48. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






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






50. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium