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16th Century Timeline
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1. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza
1548
1541
1547
1536
2. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.
1569
1538
1503
1506
3. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth
1519
1524
1502
1580
4. The M
1570
1513
1571
1535
5. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1513
1503
1527
1568
6. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1574
1521
1547
1513
7. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1577
1582
1589
1558
8. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1506
1513
1600
1519
9. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1576
1554
1570
1505
10. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1571
1513
1568
1533
11. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.
1525
1521
1513
1572
12. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
1513
1564
1553
1527
13. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1532
1572
1568
1521
14. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1558
1531
1564
1506
15. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1501
1599
1557
1582
16. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1529
1565
1519
1576
17. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1572
1570
1532
1517
18. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.
1503
1569
1550
1584
19. Hern
1519
1571
1534
1558
20. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1571
1547
1565
1598
21. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
1514
1513
1572
1571
22. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1521
1591
1560
1553
23. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.
1514
1573
1519
1536
24. First reported African slaves in The New World
1593
1502
1524
1526
25. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1572
1562
1512
1507
26. Est
1556
1565
1551
1541
27. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.
1519
1558
1536
1576
28. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1509
1565
1560
1531
29. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1553
1562
1567
1556
30. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1500
1588
1527
1546
31. 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.
1506
1580
1585
1514
32. Morisco Revolt in Spain.
1571
1568
1502
1600
33. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1565
1536
1545
1562
34. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1562
1521
1547
1569
35. Gonzalo Jim
1531
1538
1512
1500
36. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
1579
1592
1571
1563
37. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1598
1556
1553
1556
38. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1519
1500
1576
1547
39. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1542
1511
1550
1547
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.
1514
1529
1520
1505
41. 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.
1544
1598
1543
1513
42. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1564
1533
1513
1558
43. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1578
1533
1552
1517
44. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1572
1533
1500
1564
45. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1556
1564
1522
1501
46. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1585
1541
1513
1511
47. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1516
1536
1539
1520
48. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1565
1524
1502
1550
49. Spanish
1538
1522
1553
1514
50. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.
1572
1536
1600
1516