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16th Century Timeline
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1. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1570
1564
1572
1503
2. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1544
1585
1547
1556
3. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians
1513
1592
1576
1550
4. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1539
1534
1585
1505
5. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1580
1514
1558
1500
6. Francis Drake circles the world.
1577
1567
1557
1548
7. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians
1566
1550
1525
1565
8. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.
1529
1572
1503
1502
9. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1558
1571
1556
1513
10. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1553
1503
1565
1551
11. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1596
1547
1529
1538
12. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.
1571
1571
1520
1518
13. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1567
1560
1556
1573
14. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1587
1571
1512
1541
15. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1559
1544
1561
1598
16. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1518
1553
1509
1536
17. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1541
1500
1505
1598
18. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1551
1563
1538
1512
19. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1571
1552
1571
1592
20. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1582
1523
1543
1592
21. Affair of the Placards
1506
1534
1516
1520
22. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1556
1598
1589
1520
23. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1589
1562
1519
1558
24. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1541
1592
1524
1526
25. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.
1572
1598
1534
1513
26. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1524
1516
1513
1554
27. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1506
1549
1547
1544
28. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1512
1517
1509
1576
29. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1509
1537
1536
1541
30. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1577
1521
1506
1512
31. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1535
1596
1541
1564
32. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1556
1513
1521
1571
33. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1582
1572
1516
1534
34. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1598
1526
1524
1557
35. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1578
1587
1598
1529
36. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1513
1571
1600
1500
37. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.
1526
1521
1535
1546
38. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1556
1571
1543
1538
39. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza
1519
1536
1547
1515
40. Vasco N
1513
1536
1536
1547
41. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1579
1567
1557
1547
42. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1556
1544
1507
1565
43. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.
1579
1547
1503
1526
44. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1592
1513
1560
1511
45. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1571
1537
1552
1564
46. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1553
1503
1579
1559
47. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1500
1572
1538
1560
48. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1541
1562
1547
1587
49. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1591
1513
1521
1600
50. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan
1503
1534
1551
1541