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16th Century Timeline
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1. Birth of Ren
1518
1531
1500
1596
2. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1571
1553
1543
1563
3. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1522
1524
1541
1562
4. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1573
1538
1547
1503
5. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.
1565
1500
1572
1565
6. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1588
1536
1501
1504
7. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1517
1514
1571
1524
8. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1565
1557
1536
1536
9. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1534
1507
1555
1524
10. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1571
1553
1560
1537
11. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1555
1557
1519
1512
12. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1591
1521
1503
1547
13. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1555
1523
1567
1513
14. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.
1519
1547
1561
1536
15. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1572
1572
1548
1505
16. Spanish
1553
1509
1538
1533
17. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1592
1543
1505
1563
18. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.
1536
1562
1500
1511
19. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1521
1542
1558
1531
20. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1589
1560
1537
1537
21. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1598
1513
1560
1544
22. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1544
1579
1551
1556
23. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1598
1574
1519
1541
24. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1516
1523
1592
1517
25. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1521
1509
1504
1538
26. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1553
1537
1513
1598
27. Affair of the Placards
1534
1565
1532
1519
28. Morisco Revolt in Spain.
1548
1514
1524
1568
29. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1565
1523
1543
1550
30. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1569
1559
1596
1519
31. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.
1500
1500
1565
1572
32. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1500
1576
1574
1506
33. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.
1534
1503
1534
1547
34. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn
1524
1599
1513
1547
35. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1564
1565
1561
1575
36. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1553
1572
1507
1591
37. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1525
1588
1521
1560
38. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1565
1599
1513
1519
39. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1556
1501
1512
1547
40. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1546
1563
1519
1557
41. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1598
1527
1551
1556
42. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.
1544
1561
1598
1567
43. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1509
1556
1505
1572
44. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1556
1557
1517
1565
45. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1558
1537
1535
1549
46. Gonzalo Jim
1555
1538
1503
1569
47. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1572
1591
1562
1571
48. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.
1574
1507
1535
1579
49. The M
1509
1535
1556
1556
50. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1596
1538
1572
1537