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16th Century Timeline
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1. The French defeat an Imperial
1544
1534
1543
1548
2. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1545
1569
1553
1547
3. Est
1565
1513
1519
1568
4. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1560
1521
1591
1503
5. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1592
1593
1553
1600
6. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1536
1576
1556
1568
7. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1526
1556
1541
1500
8. Gonzalo Jim
1537
1534
1538
1565
9. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1509
1554
1502
1560
10. Rising of the North in England.
1518
1545
1582
1569
11. Spanish
1538
1509
1515
1536
12. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1592
1513
1598
1533
13. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1564
1536
1541
1560
14. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.
1513
1575
1506
1544
15. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1529
1572
1536
1537
16. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1557
1506
1547
1503
17. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1517
1536
1600
1565
18. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1520
1557
1524
1502
19. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1529
1537
1560
1565
20. 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
1556
1535
1574
1521
21. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1515
1600
1514
1538
22. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1516
1592
1519
1515
23. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1573
1500
1513
1560
24. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1565
1537
1556
1532
25. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1559
1572
1509
1588
26. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1598
1560
1527
1559
27. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1506
1548
1535
1578
28. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1556
1571
1582
1550
29. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1539
1579
1517
1503
30. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1534
1513
1571
1541
31. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1541
1554
1500
1513
32. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1571
1568
1512
1561
33. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1524
1592
1570
1600
34. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1538
1558
1561
1521
35. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1542
1565
1529
1556
36. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1570
1520
1529
1582
37. Gonzalo Jim
1538
1503
1560
1513
38. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1565
1562
1519
1588
39. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.
1562
1556
1552
1521
40. 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.
1518
1519
1520
1563
41. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1572
1536
1585
1506
42. 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.
1560
1544
1591
1556
43. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1500
1567
1531
1503
44. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1548
1571
1567
1587
45. Affair of the Placards
1565
1517
1534
1545
46. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal
1568
1550
1536
1571
47. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1568
1572
1549
1600
48. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1524
1509
1556
1592
49. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1572
1572
1562
1513
50. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1582
1559
1517
1536