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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. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






3. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






4. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






7. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






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






10. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






11. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






12. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






13. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






14. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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






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17. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






19. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






21. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






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23. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






24. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






25. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






28. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






29. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






30. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






40. 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.






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






42. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.