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16th Century Timeline
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1. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.
1572
1542
1560
1558
2. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1533
1503
1539
1511
3. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1571
1546
1548
1562
4. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth
1565
1519
1512
1531
5. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1534
1591
1547
1558
6. The French defeat an Imperial
1544
1571
1524
1558
7. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1503
1572
1509
1519
8. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1582
1557
1565
1536
9. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani
1545
1600
1557
1502
10. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.
1519
1536
1547
1556
11. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1541
1566
1519
1551
12. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.
1561
1573
1569
1582
13. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1533
1537
1513
1556
14. Morisco Revolt in Spain.
1565
1568
1556
1506
15. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.
1571
1574
1572
1556
16. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.
1598
1550
1502
1576
17. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1515
1513
1572
1539
18. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).
1557
1519
1556
1571
19. First reported African slaves in The New World
1580
1502
1584
1542
20. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1542
1563
1527
1514
21. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.
1553
1572
1598
1533
22. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1558
1598
1536
1565
23. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1521
1519
1506
1574
24. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1527
1526
1506
1545
25. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1506
1558
1556
1529
26. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1549
1522
1573
1598
27. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1598
1552
1521
1518
28. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1562
1525
1574
1567
29. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.
1512
1527
1536
1515
30. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.
1526
1553
1596
1568
31. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1560
1589
1587
1567
32. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1584
1520
1565
1514
33. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1516
1513
1524
1592
34. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1500
1503
1547
1523
35. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1503
1600
1541
1556
36. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1500
1509
1556
1560
37. Spanish
1575
1546
1538
1560
38. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1558
1566
1559
1556
39. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1531
1589
1501
1536
40. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1534
1538
1519
1556
41. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1535
1547
1600
1516
42. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.
1569
1518
1536
1556
43. Affair of the Placards
1503
1553
1547
1534
44. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1545
1556
1598
1569
45. The Polish
1567
1562
1569
1574
46. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth
1567
1519
1502
1579
47. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1503
1569
1599
1519
48. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1572
1536
1560
1541
49. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
1557
1569
1582
1571
50. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1513
1576
1562
1553
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