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16th Century Timeline

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1. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






3. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






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






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






6. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






8. 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






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






10. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






11. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






13. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






14. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






15. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






16. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






18. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






19. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






20. 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.






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






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23. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






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






25. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






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






27. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






28. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See






29. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






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






32. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






33. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






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






35. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






36. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






37. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






38. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






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






40. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






41. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






42. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






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






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






45. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






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






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






48. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






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






50. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.