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16th Century Timeline

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






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4. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






5. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






6. 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.






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






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






10. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






11. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






12. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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21. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






22. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






23. Rising of the North in England.






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






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






26. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






27. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






28. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.






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






30. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






31. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






32. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






33. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






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






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






37. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






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42. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






43. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






44. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






46. The French defeat an Imperial






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






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






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






50. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.