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16th Century Timeline

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1. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






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






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






4. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






5. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






6. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






8. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






9. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






10. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






12. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






13. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






14. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






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






16. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






17. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






18. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






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






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






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






22. Spain repulses the English Armada.






23. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






24. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






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






27. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






28. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






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






30. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






31. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






32. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






33. The Polish






34. Birth of Ren






35. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






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






38. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






39. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






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






41. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






42. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






49. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






50. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.