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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






5. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






6. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






7. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






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






10. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






11. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






12. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






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






15. Gonzalo Jim






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






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






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






19. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






20. 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.






21. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






22. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






23. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






24. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






40. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






41. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






42. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






43. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






44. Vasco N






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






46. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






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






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







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