SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
16th Century Timeline
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
trivia
,
history
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1519
1524
1526
1506
2. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1578
1537
1559
1556
3. Spanish
1507
1592
1538
1500
4. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1520
1541
1547
1575
5. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.
1582
1558
1565
1598
6. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1535
1565
1571
1529
7. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1555
1548
1550
1558
8. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.
1565
1553
1541
1572
9. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1503
1541
1553
1513
10. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1574
1580
1556
1557
11. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.
1599
1517
1596
1582
12. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1548
1566
1576
1538
13. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1575
1559
1545
1591
14. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.
1531
1582
1557
1505
15. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1562
1556
1500
1519
16. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1558
1553
1515
1527
17. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1551
1592
1534
1513
18. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1536
1568
1578
1592
19. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1515
1506
1521
1513
20. The Polish
1521
1569
1541
1584
21. The M
1535
1503
1558
1554
22. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1500
1501
1572
1587
23. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1506
1547
1527
1553
24. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1513
1560
1543
1522
25. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1556
1500
1512
1556
26. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th
1547
1584
1571
1523
27. Hern
1547
1599
1519
1532
28. 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.
1572
1519
1580
1547
29. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1556
1598
1556
1558
30. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1503
1589
1521
1557
31. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal
1517
1536
1505
1551
32. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1536
1563
1543
1534
33. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1503
1563
1537
1527
34. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.
1513
1550
1554
1500
35. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1592
1541
1515
1556
36. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1582
1514
1529
1534
37. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1517
1543
1591
1562
38. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1582
1505
1500
1521
39. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1562
1591
1587
1600
40. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1547
1516
1513
1541
41. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1572
1551
1533
1552
42. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.
1512
1542
1556
1544
43. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1537
1535
1513
1514
44. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.
1587
1571
1551
1555
45. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.
1582
1518
1552
1502
46. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1548
1501
1513
1556
47. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1505
1500
1589
1567
48. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1542
1568
1503
1547
49. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1547
1551
1572
1556
50. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1506
1591
1505
1507