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16th Century Timeline

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1. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






2. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






8. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






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






15. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






16. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






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






18. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






19. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






20. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






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22. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






23. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






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






25. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






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






28. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






29. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






30. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






31. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






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






34. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






35. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






36. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






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






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40. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






41. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






42. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






43. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






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






46. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






47. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






48. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






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