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16th Century Timeline
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1. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1579
1572
1556
1543
2. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.
1579
1542
1560
1562
3. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1534
1600
1521
1517
4. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1554
1525
1506
1526
5. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1587
1524
1554
1572
6. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.
1531
1516
1548
1580
7. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan
1513
1566
1542
1503
8. 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
1584
1569
1561
1527
9. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.
1558
1562
1568
1572
10. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1556
1547
1576
1519
11. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1522
1536
1503
1506
12. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1553
1598
1556
1523
13. The Polish
1569
1513
1561
1571
14. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1509
1536
1521
1527
15. 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.
1524
1534
1571
1529
16. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1575
1527
1501
1514
17. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1579
1529
1557
1519
18. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal
1565
1506
1536
1589
19. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1561
1558
1560
1592
20. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1532
1576
1541
1513
21. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.
1551
1570
1580
1511
22. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1524
1563
1541
1524
23. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1565
1512
1560
1511
24. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1521
1568
1546
1533
25. 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
1519
1584
1547
1513
26. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.
1562
1534
1525
1561
27. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1506
1507
1559
1501
28. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1565
1521
1556
1529
29. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1519
1534
1514
1533
30. 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.
1572
1561
1501
1514
31. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1537
1558
1536
1506
32. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1523
1516
1542
1536
33. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1567
1558
1559
1572
34. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.
1513
1547
1500
1576
35. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1563
1572
1503
1565
36. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1520
1549
1505
1574
37. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1515
1596
1536
1533
38. 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.
1513
1547
1572
1599
39. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1506
1548
1501
1575
40. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1598
1580
1537
1591
41. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1562
1522
1591
1503
42. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.
1520
1557
1582
1505
43. Francis Drake circles the world.
1577
1519
1556
1547
44. First reported African slaves in The New World
1502
1506
1501
1547
45. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1502
1570
1534
1518
46. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.
1565
1546
1522
1513
47. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.
1585
1529
1522
1549
48. 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.
1536
1580
1503
1575
49. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1519
1580
1557
1533
50. 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.
1558
1506
1585
1520
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