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16th Century Timeline

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






2. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






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






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






5. Francis Drake circles the world.






6. Birth of Ren






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






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






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






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






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






12. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






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






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






15. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






17. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






19. Spain repulses the English Armada.






20. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






22. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






23. 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.






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






25. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






27. Spanish






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






29. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






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






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






32. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






33. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






34. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






36. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






37. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






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






39. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






41. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






43. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






44. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






45. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






47. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






49. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






50. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.