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16th Century Timeline
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1. Affair of the Placards
1568
1548
1534
1553
2. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1514
1545
1557
1533
3. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.
1552
1569
1536
1517
4. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1501
1521
1504
1543
5. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1522
1504
1531
1534
6. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1513
1543
1538
1579
7. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.
1560
1548
1536
1580
8. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1512
1596
1557
1541
9. 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
1580
1584
1505
1544
10. 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.
1534
1592
1520
1567
11. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1541
1560
1524
1543
12. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1509
1525
1574
1500
13. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.
1551
1556
1518
1549
14. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani
1513
1503
1545
1541
15. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1506
1546
1596
1541
16. Hern
1533
1547
1579
1519
17. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn
1599
1524
1504
1556
18. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.
1582
1534
1560
1592
19. Portuguese navigator Pedro
1500
1519
1538
1513
20. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1563
1579
1513
1554
21. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1500
1535
1559
1518
22. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.
1536
1500
1589
1557
23. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1596
1509
1573
1582
24. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.
1512
1568
1527
1578
25. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.
1582
1541
1517
1572
26. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1567
1506
1557
1547
27. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1555
1534
1541
1522
28. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1506
1591
1507
1558
29. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.
1565
1519
1576
1561
30. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1567
1504
1515
1514
31. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1566
1556
1526
1537
32. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1500
1573
1572
1531
33. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1560
1553
1559
1505
34. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1548
1518
1585
1513
35. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1506
1521
1541
1556
36. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1500
1574
1568
1565
37. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April
1545
1565
1574
1564
38. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1513
1592
1521
1520
39. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1502
1564
1500
1520
40. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1593
1598
1571
1554
41. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.
1558
1580
1582
1513
42. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.
1536
1547
1542
1516
43. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1543
1538
1519
1600
44. 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.
1556
1576
1556
1580
45. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1600
1529
1513
1514
46. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1584
1556
1556
1523
47. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1545
1556
1521
1558
48. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1536
1513
1500
1575
49. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1546
1565
1562
1535
50. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1564
1560
1533
1515