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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






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






5. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






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






7. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






9. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






11. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






12. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






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






14. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






15. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






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






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






19. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






21. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






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






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






25. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






26. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






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






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






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






31. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






32. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






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






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






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






36. The French defeat an Imperial






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






38. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






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






41. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






42. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






43. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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