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16th Century Timeline

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1. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






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






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






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






6. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






7. First reported African slaves in The New World






8. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






9. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






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






11. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






13. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






14. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






15. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






16. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






17. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






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






19. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






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






21. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






22. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






24. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






25. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






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






27. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






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






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






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






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






32. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






33. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






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






35. Spanish






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






37. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






38. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






39. The M






40. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






42. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






43. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






44. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






45. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






47. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






48. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






49. The Polish






50. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






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