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16th Century Timeline
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1. Portuguese navigator Pedro
1574
1536
1593
1500
2. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1562
1569
1524
1503
3. Hern
1519
1579
1532
1513
4. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1506
1549
1558
1556
5. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians
1550
1547
1547
1529
6. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1560
1543
1560
1509
7. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.
1520
1572
1551
1582
8. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1529
1555
1582
1545
9. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1589
1534
1538
1564
10. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.
1529
1515
1517
1503
11. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1527
1565
1598
1550
12. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1560
1574
1513
1562
13. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1541
1547
1538
1500
14. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1598
1536
1506
1553
15. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1558
1579
1567
1556
16. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1564
1541
1536
1520
17. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians
1550
1559
1598
1588
18. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1516
1503
1556
1563
19. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1544
1557
1582
1559
20. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.
1551
1570
1572
1560
21. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1548
1600
1535
1519
22. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1521
1519
1500
1537
23. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1544
1521
1527
1533
24. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1556
1509
1591
1577
25. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1513
1591
1592
1599
26. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1582
1550
1505
1541
27. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1532
1548
1514
1600
28. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1551
1503
1502
1559
29. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1501
1517
1578
1519
30. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1568
1573
1545
1519
31. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1526
1558
1501
1504
32. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1557
1575
1570
1516
33. 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.
1598
1506
1571
1572
34. 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.
1578
1542
1524
1512
35. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1521
1538
1585
1553
36. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1519
1536
1547
1509
37. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1526
1564
1500
1533
38. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1565
1500
1584
1541
39. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.
1544
1598
1506
1561
40. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1579
1574
1551
1504
41. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1598
1555
1501
1556
42. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.
1556
1526
1572
1561
43. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.
1582
1547
1556
1520
44. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1572
1600
1561
1565
45. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1513
1526
1520
1500
46. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1521
1549
1504
1598
47. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1556
1580
1549
1525
48. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1560
1536
1564
1565
49. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1514
1576
1541
1519
50. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1592
1549
1513
1547