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16th Century Timeline

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






2. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






3. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






4. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






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






6. Portuguese missionaries Jos






7. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






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






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






11. The French defeat an Imperial






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






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






14. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






16. Rising of the North in England.






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






18. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






19. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






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






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






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






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






25. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






26. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






27. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






28. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






29. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






30. Hern






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






32. First reported African slaves in The New World






33. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






35. Miguel L






36. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






37. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






38. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






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






41. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






42. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






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






44. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






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






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






47. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






49. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






50. Rising of the North in England.