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16th Century Timeline
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1. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1529
1552
1569
1558
2. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.
1565
1506
1521
1550
3. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1522
1535
1572
1533
4. Francis Drake circles the world.
1559
1577
1535
1536
5. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1565
1522
1572
1564
6. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1561
1574
1543
1521
7. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1541
1562
1562
1592
8. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1579
1517
1571
1507
9. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
1560
1527
1579
1596
10. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1524
1532
1547
1574
11. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1552
1529
1582
1568
12. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1571
1587
1600
1574
13. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1579
1571
1558
1600
14. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1592
1504
1517
1521
15. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1506
1503
1579
1526
16. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1541
1531
1562
1600
17. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.
1501
1506
1574
1500
18. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.
1593
1505
1526
1545
19. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1562
1550
1557
1539
20. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.
1596
1526
1520
1556
21. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.
1591
1561
1500
1578
22. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.
1564
1517
1558
1560
23. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal
1582
1547
1509
1536
24. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1503
1558
1554
1556
25. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.
1558
1541
1533
1520
26. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1582
1552
1531
1541
27. The Polish
1525
1569
1579
1582
28. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1574
1546
1557
1536
29. Rising of the North in England.
1556
1513
1569
1562
30. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1520
1529
1556
1562
31. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1544
1579
1582
1551
32. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1599
1522
1519
1571
33. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.
1564
1513
1556
1573
34. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1598
1538
1567
1541
35. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1533
1541
1511
1521
36. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1545
1531
1543
1558
37. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1529
1565
1575
1521
38. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1585
1598
1565
1572
39. 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
1559
1519
1513
40. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.
1577
1522
1546
1565
41. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1524
1500
1575
1576
42. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.
1578
1504
1582
1526
43. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1600
1591
1533
1506
44. Morisco Revolt in Spain.
1509
1568
1571
1541
45. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.
1568
1547
1571
1572
46. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1513
1556
1541
1536
47. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1543
1503
1571
1507
48. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1556
1514
1577
1544
49. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1541
1582
1591
1515
50. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1549
1537
1529
1506