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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






5. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






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






8. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






9. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






10. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






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






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






14. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






15. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






16. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






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






18. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






19. The Polish






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






21. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






23. First reported African slaves in The New World






24. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






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






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






32. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






33. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






34. Affair of the Placards






35. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






38. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






39. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






41. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






42. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






43. Portuguese missionaries Jos






44. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






45. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






47. 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.






48. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






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






50. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.