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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






8. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






10. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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12. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






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






20. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






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






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






23. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






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






26. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






30. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






31. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






32. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






33. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






34. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






43. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






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






45. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






46. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






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






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






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