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16th Century Timeline

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1. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






4. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






6. 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.






7. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






8. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






14. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






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






17. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






18. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






19. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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






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






23. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






25. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






27. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.






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






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






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






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






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






33. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






34. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See






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






36. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






37. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






39. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






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






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






43. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






44. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






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






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






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






49. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






50. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.