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16th Century Timeline

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1. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






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






3. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






5. 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.






6. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






8. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






9. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






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






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






13. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






14. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






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






16. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






17. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






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






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






21. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






23. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






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






26. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






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






29. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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






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






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






33. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






34. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






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






37. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






38. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






40. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






41. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.






42. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






43. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






44. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






45. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. The M