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16th Century Timeline

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1. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






2. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






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






4. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






5. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






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






8. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






9. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






10. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






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12. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






13. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






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






16. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






17. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






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






19. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






20. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






21. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






22. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






23. 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.






24. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






25. Portuguese navigator Pedro






26. The Polish






27. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






28. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






29. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






30. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






31. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






32. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






33. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






35. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






36. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






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






38. 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.






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






40. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






42. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






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






45. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






47. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






48. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






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