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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See






3. Affair of the Placards






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






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






6. The French defeat an Imperial






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






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






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






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






11. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






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






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






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






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






16. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






17. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






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






19. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






20. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






22. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






24. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






25. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






27. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






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






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






30. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






31. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






32. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






42. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






45. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






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






47. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






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49. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






50. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.