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16th Century Timeline
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1. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1501
1572
1513
1514
2. 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
1596
1541
1558
1556
3. Affair of the Placards
1534
1506
1547
1591
4. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1527
1571
1501
1514
5. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1546
1550
1582
1513
6. The French defeat an Imperial
1560
1558
1557
1544
7. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1531
1504
1588
1558
8. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1556
1512
1537
1547
9. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1547
1517
1567
1598
10. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1598
1512
1571
1570
11. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1574
1592
1512
1500
12. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1598
1571
1547
1545
13. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1543
1584
1572
1596
14. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.
1546
1536
1538
1519
15. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.
1517
1564
1546
1521
16. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1531
1539
1552
1584
17. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).
1554
1531
1519
1543
18. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1572
1571
1522
1543
19. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1521
1564
1519
1572
20. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1585
1506
1553
1534
21. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth
1519
1513
1555
1563
22. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April
1564
1511
1537
1526
23. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.
1556
1582
1556
1506
24. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1506
1551
1516
1556
25. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1532
1501
1560
1584
26. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.
1558
1537
1551
1582
27. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1543
1519
1562
1533
28. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1513
1563
1547
1500
29. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1565
1570
1579
1546
30. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.
1558
1564
1592
1561
31. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1531
1524
1574
1565
32. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1571
1576
1565
1529
33. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.
1580
1592
1572
1519
34. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1513
1568
1516
1512
35. Vasco N
1536
1600
1569
1513
36. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1519
1556
1600
1534
37. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.
1550
1600
1561
1537
38. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.
1568
1500
1561
1541
39. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.
1565
1537
1571
1503
40. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.
1505
1584
1572
1558
41. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians
1518
1543
1550
1547
42. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1580
1506
1533
1589
43. Tom
1506
1505
1549
1592
44. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1533
1559
1526
1556
45. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
1548
1518
1531
1521
46. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1519
1556
1557
1547
47. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1535
1506
1538
1574
48. Tom
1553
1549
1561
1576
49. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1536
1519
1571
1559
50. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1592
1529
1573
1575