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16th Century Timeline
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1. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
1545
1541
1563
1531
2. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.
1573
1580
1535
1580
3. Gonzalo Jim
1538
1565
1523
1565
4. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1557
1504
1550
1554
5. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1572
1512
1548
1556
6. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1567
1536
1521
1524
7. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.
1503
1578
1547
1517
8. Hern
1576
1506
1541
1519
9. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1557
1513
1529
1533
10. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1534
1600
1554
1537
11. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1533
1547
1521
1574
12. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1527
1509
1576
1541
13. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1527
1525
1551
1534
14. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1506
1557
1551
1579
15. 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.
1573
1515
1501
1542
16. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.
1544
1514
1527
1512
17. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1572
1577
1555
1552
18. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.
1512
1536
1598
1513
19. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1562
1577
1500
1591
20. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1529
1582
1565
1587
21. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1542
1556
1545
1526
22. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1555
1506
1592
1557
23. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1538
1521
1532
1582
24. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1521
1503
1520
1580
25. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1503
1592
1556
1573
26. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1511
1535
1519
1527
27. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1521
1521
1588
1565
28. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1592
1534
1600
1574
29. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1513
1526
1531
1531
30. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1563
1520
1547
1529
31. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1541
1568
1547
1513
32. Est
1568
1557
1503
1565
33. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1558
1587
1521
1513
34. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1575
1509
1593
1547
35. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn
1599
1565
1536
1575
36. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1562
1547
1600
1514
37. 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
1572
1526
1556
1531
38. The M
1547
1579
1535
1562
39. 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.
1600
1531
1572
1532
40. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1587
1572
1527
1506
41. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1536
1534
1533
1500
42. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1591
1545
1541
1551
43. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.
1531
1564
1556
1521
44. Affair of the Placards
1571
1506
1521
1534
45. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1598
1556
1558
1524
46. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.
1576
1500
1521
1522
47. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1561
1513
1558
1557
48. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1502
1526
1579
1548
49. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1506
1536
1555
1572
50. Francis Drake circles the world.
1577
1573
1519
1529