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16th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






4. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






5. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






6. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






8. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






10. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






11. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






12. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






13. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






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






15. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






16. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






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






18. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






19. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






20. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






21. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






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






23. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






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






26. The French defeat an Imperial






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. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






29. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






31. Rising of the North in England.






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






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






34. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






35. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






36. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






38. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






39. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






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






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






42. Gonzalo Jim






43. 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.






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45. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






46. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






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






48. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






49. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






50. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.







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