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16th Century Timeline

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1. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






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






3. Vasco N






4. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






6. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






8. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






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






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






11. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






12. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






13. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






15. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






16. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






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






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






19. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






20. 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






21. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






23. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






24. Affair of the Placards






25. Hern






26. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






27. Portuguese missionaries Jos






28. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






29. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






30. 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.






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






32. The M






33. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






34. 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.






35. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






36. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






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






39. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






40. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






41. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






43. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






44. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






45. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






46. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






47. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






49. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






50. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.