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16th Century Timeline

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






2. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






3. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






4. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






5. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






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






7. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






8. 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.






9. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






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






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






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






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






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






15. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






16. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






18. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






20. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






21. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






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






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






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






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






27. The French defeat an Imperial






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






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






30. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






32. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






33. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






35. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






36. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






37. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






38. Birth of Ren






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






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






41. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






42. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






43. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






46. First reported African slaves in The New World






47. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






48. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






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