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16th Century Timeline
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1. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1514
1553
1555
1536
2. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1556
1572
1569
1519
3. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.
1536
1548
1529
1570
4. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1537
1503
1584
1547
5. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1527
1571
1536
1500
6. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.
1517
1582
1513
1503
7. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1571
1536
1507
1531
8. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.
1558
1584
1596
1512
9. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.
1553
1568
1585
1573
10. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1564
1505
1502
1588
11. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1541
1552
1534
1519
12. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1553
1531
1513
1558
13. The French defeat an Imperial
1580
1558
1544
1576
14. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.
1533
1568
1514
1536
15. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1534
1524
1537
1519
16. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1503
1519
1520
1506
17. 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.
1580
1548
1502
1554
18. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1556
1544
1557
1541
19. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1531
1519
1547
1524
20. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1573
1557
1598
1519
21. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal
1507
1500
1536
1522
22. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1582
1556
1521
1584
23. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1569
1535
1515
1558
24. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1514
1513
1556
1529
25. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1592
1572
1561
1559
26. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1543
1544
1564
1500
27. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1541
1565
1552
1524
28. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1572
1560
1515
1547
29. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1544
1500
1565
1531
30. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1545
1543
1506
1562
31. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1564
1557
1513
1526
32. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1564
1509
1541
1553
33. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1547
1598
1580
1556
34. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1588
1518
1555
1574
35. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.
1512
1521
1582
1544
36. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.
1564
1561
1519
1547
37. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1550
1572
1591
1585
38. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza
1554
1536
1558
1556
39. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1593
1558
1600
1566
40. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1573
1582
1521
1541
41. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1551
1556
1548
1524
42. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1556
1571
1506
1565
43. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1582
1509
1503
1519
44. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.
1520
1562
1582
1527
45. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1552
1514
1579
1512
46. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.
1568
1576
1600
1574
47. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1563
1565
1572
1560
48. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1569
1578
1567
1556
49. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
1562
1501
1514
1531
50. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1571
1556
1533
1573