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16th Century Timeline
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1. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1514
1571
1536
1526
2. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1502
1520
1572
1529
3. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.
1579
1531
1548
1565
4. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1565
1600
1538
1541
5. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1500
1580
1513
1509
6. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1568
1514
1550
1593
7. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.
1536
1527
1519
1571
8. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.
1538
1569
1558
1519
9. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal
1536
1514
1514
1515
10. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.
1596
1562
1507
1561
11. Morisco Revolt in Spain.
1562
1568
1509
1598
12. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1538
1507
1547
1551
13. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.
1582
1538
1524
1519
14. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1556
1547
1600
1574
15. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.
1541
1576
1550
1541
16. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1557
1575
1593
1560
17. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1552
1572
1556
1556
18. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1575
1570
1564
1569
19. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1600
1577
1571
1536
20. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1513
1519
1556
1553
21. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.
1548
1582
1536
1556
22. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1545
1521
1500
1517
23. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1503
1534
1589
1544
24. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1582
1537
1591
1565
25. 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.
1588
1580
1518
1572
26. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1500
1557
1515
1580
27. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1522
1572
1500
1548
28. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.
1558
1565
1524
1521
29. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1541
1521
1561
1584
30. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1524
1551
1506
1554
31. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1519
1548
1536
1558
32. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza
1517
1536
1556
1554
33. Miguel L
1562
1519
1543
1565
34. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.
1600
1572
1558
1548
35. Portuguese navigator Pedro
1537
1503
1500
1526
36. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.
1514
1551
1563
1600
37. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1560
1547
1563
1521
38. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1534
1501
1568
1509
39. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1591
1513
1591
1500
40. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1527
1556
1504
1572
41. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1568
1503
1545
1536
42. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1533
1600
1532
1578
43. Gonzalo Jim
1557
1567
1538
1565
44. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.
1585
1548
1564
1561
45. The M
1547
1598
1535
1562
46. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1567
1544
1566
1545
47. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1525
1548
1503
1600
48. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1566
1588
1568
1556
49. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.
1536
1591
1526
1576
50. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1565
1511
1588
1543