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16th Century Timeline

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1. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






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






4. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






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






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7. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






8. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






9. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






12. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






14. Rising of the North in England.






15. Hern






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






17. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






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






19. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






20. Portuguese navigator Pedro






21. 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






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






23. 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.






24. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






25. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






27. Vasco N






28. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






30. 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.






31. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






32. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






33. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






36. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






37. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






38. The M






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






40. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






41. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






42. 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






43. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






44. The Polish






45. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






46. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






47. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






48. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






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






50. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.







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