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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






6. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






8. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






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






11. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






12. 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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






18. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






19. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






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






21. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






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






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






24. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






26. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






34. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






35. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






36. Portuguese missionaries Jos






37. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






38. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






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






40. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






42. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






43. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






44. Tom






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






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






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






48. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






50. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.