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16th Century Timeline

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1. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






2. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






4. First reported African slaves in The New World






5. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






6. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






7. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






9. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






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






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






12. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






14. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






15. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






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






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






18. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






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






20. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






21. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






22. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






23. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






24. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






25. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






26. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






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






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






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






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






31. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






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






34. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






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






37. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






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






39. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






40. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






42. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






43. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






44. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






45. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






46. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






47. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






48. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






49. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






50. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.