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16th Century Timeline

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1. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






2. Affair of the Placards






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






4. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






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






8. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






10. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.






11. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






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






13. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






14. 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.






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






16. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






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






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






19. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






20. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






21. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






22. Gonzalo Jim






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






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






25. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






26. Hern






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






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






29. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






30. 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.






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






32. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






33. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






35. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






36. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






37. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






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






40. Birth of Ren






41. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






44. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






45. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






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






48. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






49. 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






50. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.