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16th Century Timeline

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1. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






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






3. First reported African slaves in The New World






4. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






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






6. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






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






8. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






9. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






10. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






11. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






12. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






13. 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.






14. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






15. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






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






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






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






20. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






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






22. 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






23. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






24. Vasco N






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






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






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






28. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






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






30. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






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






32. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






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






40. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






41. Rising of the North in England.






42. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






48. The French defeat an Imperial






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






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