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16th Century Timeline

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2. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






4. 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.






5. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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7. 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.






8. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






9. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






10. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






11. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






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






14. Birth of Ren






15. 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.






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






17. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Rising of the North in England.






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






26. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






27. 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.






28. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






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






31. The Polish






32. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






34. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






35. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






36. 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.






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






38. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






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






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






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






42. Francis Drake circles the world.






43. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






44. The Polish






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






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






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






48. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






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






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