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16th Century Timeline
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1. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1529
1534
1553
1503
2. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1521
1538
1513
1506
3. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.
1561
1574
1548
1556
4. Vasco N
1513
1541
1558
1572
5. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.
1556
1580
1582
1534
6. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1572
1577
1545
1536
7. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.
1574
1598
1565
1512
8. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1600
1537
1591
1543
9. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1591
1599
1554
1592
10. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1541
1509
1557
1574
11. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1588
1567
1532
1525
12. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1541
1506
1509
1547
13. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1520
1591
1562
1541
14. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1533
1576
1585
1592
15. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1519
1550
1507
1537
16. 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.
1519
1598
1562
1570
17. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1565
1550
1507
1516
18. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1541
1537
1543
1592
19. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1526
1501
1541
1578
20. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.
1556
1500
1516
1500
21. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1558
1509
1548
1533
22. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1503
1505
1577
1556
23. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).
1527
1537
1519
1556
24. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1598
1511
1587
1571
25. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1559
1502
1513
1514
26. The French defeat an Imperial
1582
1544
1574
1541
27. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1542
1556
1514
1519
28. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1574
1572
1509
1534
29. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1573
1500
1600
1501
30. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1514
1529
1560
1513
31. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1553
1552
1503
1541
32. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1519
1515
1556
1541
33. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
1544
1571
1527
1556
34. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1557
1570
1558
1520
35. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1559
1509
1512
1533
36. Francis Drake circles the world.
1579
1565
1577
1525
37. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1529
1514
1571
1558
38. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
1571
1536
1509
1543
39. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1555
1557
1515
1543
40. Gonzalo Jim
1553
1529
1538
1503
41. 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.
1513
1565
1524
1593
42. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1513
1571
1513
1588
43. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.
1541
1582
1562
1521
44. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.
1543
1599
1519
1534
45. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.
1579
1572
1585
1598
46. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1563
1552
1519
1557
47. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1564
1520
1561
1557
48. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.
1560
1536
1555
1582
49. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1535
1518
1573
1524
50. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1521
1536
1533
1547
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