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16th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






4. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






5. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






6. Francis Drake circles the world.






7. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






8. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






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






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






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






12. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






13. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






14. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






15. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






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






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






19. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






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






21. Affair of the Placards






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






23. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






25. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






26. Portuguese missionaries Jos






27. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






28. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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






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






31. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






39. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






40. Vasco N






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






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






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






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






45. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






47. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






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






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






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