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16th Century Timeline

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1. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






2. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






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






4. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






5. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






7. 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






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






9. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






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






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






12. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






13. 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.






14. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






16. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






17. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






18. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






19. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






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






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






23. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






25. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






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






27. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






29. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






31. The French defeat an Imperial






32. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






33. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






34. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






35. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






36. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






37. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






38. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






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






40. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






41. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






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






45. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






46. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






47. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






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






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






50. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu