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16th Century Timeline

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






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






3. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






4. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






5. Affair of the Placards






6. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






7. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






8. 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.






9. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






10. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






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






12. Rising of the North in England.






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






14. 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.






15. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






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






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






18. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






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






20. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






21. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






22. 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.






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25. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






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27. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






28. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






29. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






30. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






31. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






32. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






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






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






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






36. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






38. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






39. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






40. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






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






42. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






44. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






45. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






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49. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






50. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.