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16th Century Timeline

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






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3. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






4. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






5. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






6. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






8. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






10. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






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






12. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






13. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






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






17. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






19. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






22. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






24. The French defeat an Imperial






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






27. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






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






30. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






31. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






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






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34. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






35. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






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






37. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






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






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






40. 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.






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42. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






43. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






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






45. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






46. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






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48. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






49. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






50. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.