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16th Century Timeline

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2. 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






3. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






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






5. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






6. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






9. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






10. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See






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12. 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.






13. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






14. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






15. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






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






17. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






18. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






19. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






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22. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






23. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






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






25. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






26. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






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






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.






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






30. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






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






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






33. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






34. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






36. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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38. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






39. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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41. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






42. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






43. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






44. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






45. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






47. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






48. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






49. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






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