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16th Century Timeline

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






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






4. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






6. 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.






7. Gonzalo Jim






8. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






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






10. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






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






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






14. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






21. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






24. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






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






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






27. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






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






31. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






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






33. The Polish






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






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






36. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






37. 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.






38. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






39. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






40. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






42. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.







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