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16th Century Timeline

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






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






3. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






4. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






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






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






7. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






8. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






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






10. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






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






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






14. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






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






17. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






18. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






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






20. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






21. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






24. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






25. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






26. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






29. Birth of Ren






30. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






31. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






32. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






33. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






34. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






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






36. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






37. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






38. Spain repulses the English Armada.






39. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






40. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






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






42. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






43. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






44. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






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






46. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






47. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






48. Affair of the Placards






49. Spanish






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