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16th Century Timeline

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1. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






3. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






5. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






6. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






7. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






9. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






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






11. Hern






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






13. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






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






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






16. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






17. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






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






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






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






21. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






22. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






23. Birth of Ren






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






25. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






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






27. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






29. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






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






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






33. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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






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






37. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






39. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






40. Spanish






41. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






43. First reported African slaves in The New World






44. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






45. 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.






46. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






47. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






49. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






50. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.







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