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16th Century Timeline

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1. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






2. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






3. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






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






5. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






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






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






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






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






11. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






12. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






13. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






14. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






15. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






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






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






18. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






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






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






21. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






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






23. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






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






25. First reported African slaves in The New World






26. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






27. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






28. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






29. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






30. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






31. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






32. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






33. 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.






34. Rising of the North in England.






35. The Polish






36. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






38. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






39. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






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






41. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






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






43. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






44. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






45. 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






46. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






47. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






48. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






49. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






50. Spain repulses the English Armada.