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16th Century Timeline

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2. Gonzalo Jim






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






4. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






5. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






6. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.






7. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






8. Rising of the North in England.






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






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






11. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






12. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






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






14. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






15. Affair of the Placards






16. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






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






18. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






19. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






20. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






21. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






22. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






23. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






25. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






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






27. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






29. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






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






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






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






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






34. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






35. 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






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






37. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






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






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






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






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






42. Affair of the Placards






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






44. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






45. Birth of Ren






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






47. Portuguese navigator Pedro






48. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






50. 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.