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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






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






4. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






5. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






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






7. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






8. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






9. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






10. 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.






11. Portuguese missionaries Jos






12. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






13. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






14. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






15. Spain repulses the English Armada.






16. The French defeat an Imperial






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






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






20. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






21. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






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






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






24. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






25. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






26. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






27. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






28. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






30. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






31. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






32. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






33. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






34. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






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






36. Portuguese navigator Pedro






37. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






38. Spanish






39. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






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






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






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






43. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






45. Portuguese missionaries Jos






46. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






47. First reported African slaves in The New World






48. The Polish






49. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






50. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.