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16th Century Timeline
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1. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1503
1539
1541
1596
2. 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.
1547
1527
1509
1548
3. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1513
1521
1570
1537
4. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1529
1556
1523
1543
5. Gonzalo Jim
1569
1538
1521
1545
6. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.
1598
1501
1546
1506
7. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1539
1560
1543
1522
8. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1580
1543
1560
1548
9. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1567
1556
1517
1565
10. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland - Ismail I - the founder of Safavid dynasty - dead and Tahmasp I became king.
1541
1524
1549
1582
11. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1568
1567
1556
1571
12. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1506
1565
1529
1579
13. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1570
1506
1588
1512
14. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.
1541
1585
1521
1506
15. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1517
1549
1550
1541
16. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1562
1522
1598
1587
17. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1574
1552
1573
1557
18. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1587
1591
1598
1575
19. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1507
1534
1549
1558
20. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1556
1548
1592
1522
21. 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
1552
1582
1576
1556
22. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1533
1560
1562
1505
23. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.
1573
1588
1547
1513
24. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1600
1551
1522
1582
25. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1600
1529
1549
1521
26. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1547
1561
1569
1589
27. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1564
1556
1545
1592
28. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians
1543
1514
1574
1550
29. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.
1556
1561
1534
1537
30. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1524
1545
1500
1541
31. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1537
1541
1503
1567
32. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1513
1560
1518
1565
33. The M
1555
1519
1535
1507
34. Hern
1517
1559
1548
1519
35. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.
1561
1546
1550
1578
36. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.
1551
1556
1513
1534
37. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1501
1591
1537
1571
38. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1516
1514
1556
1562
39. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1536
1529
1553
1593
40. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn
1579
1599
1598
1556
41. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1600
1517
1541
1547
42. The French defeat an Imperial
1572
1544
1565
1536
43. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1579
1506
1598
1514
44. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1501
1592
1558
1571
45. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1509
1566
1501
1572
46. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1553
1565
1554
1561
47. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1550
1565
1535
1556
48. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1533
1600
1555
1515
49. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan
1566
1550
1531
1503
50. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.
1589
1560
1503
1547