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16th Century Timeline
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1. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1560
1543
1571
1556
2. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1541
1546
1536
1573
3. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan
1547
1503
1568
1569
4. Portuguese navigator Pedro
1600
1545
1561
1500
5. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1547
1541
1534
1576
6. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1562
1561
1534
1563
7. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1506
1537
1504
1503
8. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1593
1551
1524
1558
9. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1536
1537
1600
1503
10. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1513
1585
1543
1509
11. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1533
1519
1522
1514
12. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1587
1568
1512
1560
13. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.
1573
1542
1555
1557
14. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1524
1598
1521
1517
15. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
1531
1537
1556
1576
16. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.
1547
1513
1521
1577
17. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1565
1565
1532
1504
18. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1509
1541
1567
1521
19. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1502
1562
1521
1579
20. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.
1564
1514
1561
1585
21. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1560
1534
1503
1503
22. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1521
1557
1547
1584
23. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1537
1505
1549
1533
24. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1523
1538
1541
1566
25. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1522
1503
1592
1513
26. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1568
1577
1575
1537
27. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1524
1506
1539
1500
28. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1591
1563
1562
1519
29. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1565
1600
1513
1564
30. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1559
1536
1576
1501
31. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1556
1571
1556
1591
32. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1598
1589
1592
1501
33. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1537
1513
1572
1506
34. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1536
1580
1532
1529
35. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).
1519
1571
1561
1503
36. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1547
1500
1573
1572
37. 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
1584
1551
1551
1541
38. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1553
1534
1534
1555
39. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1572
1588
1576
1556
40. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1529
1535
1507
1558
41. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1561
1573
1514
1551
42. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1532
1526
1570
1503
43. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1596
1593
1558
1562
44. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1591
1527
1571
1560
45. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.
1505
1534
1565
1572
46. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1547
1524
1539
1520
47. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1509
1584
1571
1527
48. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.
1547
1557
1536
1565
49. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1503
1522
1518
1541
50. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1549
1521
1541
1504