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16th Century Timeline

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1. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






2. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






3. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






4. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






5. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






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7. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






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






9. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






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






11. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






13. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






14. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






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






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27. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.






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29. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






30. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






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32. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






33. Affair of the Placards






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






35. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






36. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






37. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






39. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






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41. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






42. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






43. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






44. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






45. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






46. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






47. 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






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






49. 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.






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