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16th Century Timeline

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1. The French defeat an Imperial






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






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4. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






5. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






6. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






7. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






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






10. Rising of the North in England.






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12. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






13. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






14. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






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






16. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






17. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






18. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.






24. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






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






26. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






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






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






29. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






31. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






32. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






33. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






34. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






35. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






36. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






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






39. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






40. 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.






41. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






42. 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.






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






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






45. Affair of the Placards






46. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






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






49. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






50. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr