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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






8. The Polish






9. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






10. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






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






13. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






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






15. Rising of the North in England.






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






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18. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






19. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






20. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






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






22. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






23. Portuguese missionaries Jos






24. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






26. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






28. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






40. Spain repulses the English Armada.






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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48. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






49. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






50. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.