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16th Century Timeline

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






2. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






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






4. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






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






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






7. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






8. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






9. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






10. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






11. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






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






13. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






14. Affair of the Placards






15. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






16. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






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






18. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






19. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






21. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






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






23. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






25. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






26. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






27. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






28. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






29. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






30. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






31. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






32. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






33. 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.






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






35. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






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






37. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






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39. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






40. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






41. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






43. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






44. Spain repulses the English Armada.






45. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






46. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






47. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






48. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






49. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






50. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.







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