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16th Century Timeline

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1. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






2. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






3. 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.






4. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






5. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






6. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






8. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






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






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






11. Birth of Ren






12. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






13. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






14. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






15. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






17. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






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






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






20. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






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






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






23. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






24. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






26. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






27. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






28. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.






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






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






31. Catherine de' Medici instigates the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre which takes the lives of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny and thousands of Huguenots. The violence spreads from Paris to other cities and the countryside.






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






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






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






35. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






36. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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






39. The French defeat an Imperial






40. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






41. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






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






43. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






44. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






45. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.






46. Catherine de' Medici instigates the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre which takes the lives of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny and thousands of Huguenots. The violence spreads from Paris to other cities and the countryside.






47. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






48. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






49. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






50. Affair of the Placards