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16th Century Timeline
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1. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.
1592
1557
1534
1519
2. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1541
1536
1513
1589
3. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1560
1556
1522
1509
4. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1513
1562
1541
1556
5. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1503
1558
1513
1561
6. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1524
1562
1531
1572
7. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1571
1557
1529
1545
8. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.
1503
1514
1585
1557
9. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1577
1579
1538
1572
10. 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.
1541
1529
1580
1591
11. Morisco Revolt in Spain.
1513
1568
1598
1516
12. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1561
1541
1580
1556
13. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1506
1513
1548
1598
14. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1513
1549
1520
1572
15. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1526
1503
1572
1534
16. Est
1521
1527
1544
1565
17. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1585
1550
1582
1520
18. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1556
1589
1576
1513
19. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1501
1541
1600
1531
20. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1533
1519
1536
1560
21. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1571
1572
1521
1506
22. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1513
1537
1562
1512
23. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1533
1572
1560
1574
24. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1504
1556
1585
1568
25. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1572
1556
1571
1515
26. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1543
1500
1541
1520
27. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1523
1599
1550
1592
28. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.
1558
1506
1548
1519
29. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1506
1561
1562
1579
30. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1533
1525
1500
1534
31. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1503
1505
1598
1513
32. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1513
1535
1554
1503
33. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1554
1526
1560
1517
34. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1567
1505
1516
1523
35. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1560
1527
1515
1500
36. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.
1506
1520
1573
1571
37. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1522
1543
1537
1544
38. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.
1521
1565
1541
1522
39. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1556
1541
1546
1541
40. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1547
1576
1527
1552
41. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1591
1519
1529
1547
42. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1541
1558
1541
1536
43. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.
1558
1534
1576
1525
44. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1543
1555
1546
1534
45. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1558
1574
1598
1536
46. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1519
1503
1531
1507
47. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1521
1571
1593
1547
48. Spanish
1512
1538
1513
1579
49. Est
1535
1565
1572
1582
50. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1567
1533
1514
1519