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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






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






4. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






5. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






7. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






9. Vasco N






10. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






11. The Polish






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






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






14. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






15. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






17. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






18. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






19. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






20. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






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






23. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






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






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






27. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






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






29. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






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






32. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






34. 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.






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






36. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






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






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






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






41. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






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






43. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






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






45. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






48. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






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






50. Birth of Ren