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16th Century Timeline

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1. 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.






2. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






3. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






4. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






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6. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






7. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






9. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






10. Rising of the North in England.






11. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






12. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






13. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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






15. 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.






16. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






17. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






18. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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20. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






21. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






22. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






23. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






24. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






25. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






26. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






27. 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






28. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






29. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






30. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






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






32. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






33. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






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






35. Rising of the North in England.






36. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






37. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






38. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






40. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






41. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






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43. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






44. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






45. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






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47. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






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






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