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16th Century Timeline

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1. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






2. The French defeat an Imperial






3. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






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






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






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






8. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






9. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






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11. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






12. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






14. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






17. Spain repulses the English Armada.






18. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






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






21. Portuguese missionaries Jos






22. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






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






24. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






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






26. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






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






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






30. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






31. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






32. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






34. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






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






36. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






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38. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






40. 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






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43. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






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






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






46. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






47. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






48. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






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






50. Galileo Galilei born on February 15