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16th Century Timeline
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1. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1500
1580
1565
1572
2. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1500
1503
1574
1514
3. Vasco N
1500
1513
1536
1545
4. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1543
1500
1560
1502
5. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1529
1515
1547
1558
6. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1567
1551
1533
1576
7. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1568
1560
1600
1501
8. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1524
1526
1559
1513
9. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1587
1529
1538
1534
10. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1571
1598
1506
1565
11. 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.
1565
1536
1548
1582
12. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1544
1506
1543
1519
13. Portuguese navigator Pedro
1519
1576
1500
1541
14. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1535
1599
1582
1504
15. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1517
1502
1531
1541
16. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1572
1546
1529
1556
17. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.
1513
1562
1542
1574
18. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.
1566
1520
1537
1565
19. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1552
1537
1527
1574
20. 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
1536
1534
1584
1565
21. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1536
1571
1524
1582
22. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1565
1547
1513
1544
23. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.
1529
1556
1566
1573
24. Affair of the Placards
1534
1592
1550
1572
25. Hern
1519
1572
1568
1506
26. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.
1565
1559
1561
1552
27. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1554
1557
1536
1560
28. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1513
1541
1585
1521
29. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1513
1569
1560
1556
30. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.
1529
1518
1580
1509
31. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1582
1576
1565
1511
32. The M
1501
1529
1535
1536
33. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1571
1598
1503
1502
34. 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.
1520
1548
1560
1556
35. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1543
1567
1521
1582
36. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.
1548
1598
1567
1536
37. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.
1569
1536
1509
1529
38. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1511
1537
1547
1571
39. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1592
1564
1523
1514
40. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.
1536
1536
1517
1598
41. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1591
1506
1568
1534
42. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1515
1503
1558
1509
43. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1591
1537
1550
1511
44. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1512
1521
1554
1541
45. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1551
1545
1537
1504
46. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1545
1543
1558
1521
47. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.
1565
1561
1576
1524
48. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1519
1514
1582
1515
49. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
1598
1562
1506
1527
50. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1537
1500
1596
1558