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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






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






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






5. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






6. 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.






7. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






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. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






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






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






12. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






13. The Polish






14. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






15. 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.






16. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






17. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






18. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






20. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






21. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






22. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






23. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






24. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






25. 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






26. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






28. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






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






30. 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.






31. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






32. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






33. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






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






35. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






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






42. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






43. Francis Drake circles the world.






44. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






50. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.







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