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16th Century Timeline

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1. First reported African slaves in The New World






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Affair of the Placards






11. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






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






15. Birth of Ren






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17. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






19. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






22. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






23. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






24. 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






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






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






27. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.






28. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






29. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






30. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






31. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






32. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






33. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






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






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






37. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






38. Rising of the North in England.






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






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






41. The French defeat an Imperial






42. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






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






44. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






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






47. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






48. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






49. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






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