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16th Century Timeline
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1. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1566
1553
1506
1536
2. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1565
1503
1535
1578
3. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1556
1517
1500
1592
4. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1596
1560
1527
1598
5. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1591
1551
1504
1572
6. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1574
1598
1503
1600
7. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1536
1551
1506
1501
8. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1600
1551
1538
1589
9. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1547
1525
1506
1565
10. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1589
1558
1501
1587
11. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1509
1555
1541
1517
12. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1542
1565
1568
1534
13. The French defeat an Imperial
1544
1517
1585
1572
14. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.
1562
1520
1564
1558
15. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1532
1566
1536
1592
16. Est
1536
1505
1568
1565
17. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.
1567
1519
1537
1561
18. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1529
1538
1560
1571
19. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1567
1556
1512
1509
20. Francis Drake circles the world.
1554
1568
1577
1522
21. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.
1535
1531
1572
1537
22. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1556
1564
1538
1521
23. The Polish
1589
1556
1511
1569
24. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1500
1513
1578
1564
25. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1567
1561
1514
1532
26. First reported African slaves in The New World
1502
1579
1533
1568
27. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1547
1600
1591
1503
28. Rising of the North in England.
1513
1541
1558
1569
29. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1553
1511
1566
1576
30. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1568
1509
1571
1501
31. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1600
1593
1534
1519
32. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1553
1576
1571
1536
33. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1569
1513
1524
1500
34. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1520
1546
1555
1564
35. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.
1551
1582
1574
1545
36. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April
1564
1545
1507
1527
37. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1519
1535
1560
1600
38. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1598
1562
1573
1557
39. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1556
1541
1578
1541
40. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).
1519
1558
1512
1532
41. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1577
1521
1506
1560
42. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.
1548
1541
1556
1506
43. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.
1529
1521
1527
1571
44. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1500
1522
1538
1523
45. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1557
1576
1556
1565
46. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1522
1564
1552
1513
47. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1504
1570
1598
1543
48. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1575
1527
1531
1552
49. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1513
1526
1576
1593
50. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1577
1529
1513
1534
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