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16th Century Timeline

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






3. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






4. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






5. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






6. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






8. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






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






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






11. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






12. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






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






14. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






16. 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






17. Portuguese missionaries Jos






18. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






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






20. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






21. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






22. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






23. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






24. First reported African slaves in The New World






25. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






27. Rising of the North in England.






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






29. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






30. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






31. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






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






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






34. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






35. 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.






36. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






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






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






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






41. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






42. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






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






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






45. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






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






47. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






49. Francis Drake circles the world.






50. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.