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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






4. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






5. 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.






6. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland - Ismail I - the founder of Safavid dynasty - dead and Tahmasp I became king.






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






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






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






10. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






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






12. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






13. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






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






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






16. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






18. 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.






19. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






20. Birth of Ren






21. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






22. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






23. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






24. Vasco N






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






26. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






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






28. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






30. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






31. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






32. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






33. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






34. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






35. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






36. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






37. Hern






38. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






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






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






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






43. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






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






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






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






47. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






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






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