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






3. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






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






5. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






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






7. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






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






9. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






10. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






11. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






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






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






14. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






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






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






18. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






19. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






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






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






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






24. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






25. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






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






27. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






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






29. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






31. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






32. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






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






34. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






35. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






36. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






37. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






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






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






40. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






41. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






42. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






43. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland - Ismail I - the founder of Safavid dynasty - dead and Tahmasp I became king.






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






45. First reported African slaves in The New World






46. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






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






48. Portuguese navigator Pedro






49. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






50. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.