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16th Century Timeline
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1. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1582
1571
1547
1504
2. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.
1547
1541
1503
1541
3. 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
1513
1503
1584
1556
4. The Polish
1500
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1577
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5. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1525
1592
1582
1537
6. Tom
1549
1543
1565
1541
7. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1519
1575
1501
1504
8. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1506
1567
1556
1572
9. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.
1558
1571
1582
1557
10. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1529
1509
1551
1579
11. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1516
1522
1559
1579
12. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.
1500
1534
1506
1520
13. First reported African slaves in The New World
1502
1576
1591
1503
14. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn
1513
1599
1558
1565
15. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1519
1537
1500
1571
16. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1558
1503
1560
1521
17. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1572
1519
1578
1562
18. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1522
1549
1523
1521
19. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1556
1565
1537
1557
20. Catherine de' Medici instigates the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre which takes the lives of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny and thousands of Huguenots. The violence spreads from Paris to other cities and the countryside.
1574
1522
1589
1572
21. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1551
1593
1503
1524
22. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.
1513
1592
1521
1558
23. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1536
1571
1565
1503
24. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1564
1598
1547
1571
25. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1533
1521
1503
1543
26. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1545
1553
1558
1574
27. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1543
1513
1551
1518
28. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
1527
1541
1529
1582
29. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1576
1559
1527
1567
30. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1591
1558
1556
1538
31. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1500
1506
1600
1574
32. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani
1506
1506
1545
1571
33. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.
1567
1548
1551
1577
34. Gonzalo Jim
1517
1592
1500
1538
35. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1562
1582
1574
1556
36. Miguel L
1565
1599
1507
1558
37. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland - Ismail I - the founder of Safavid dynasty - dead and Tahmasp I became king.
1500
1544
1524
1547
38. 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
1562
1533
1565
39. Rising of the North in England.
1569
1534
1531
1519
40. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.
1579
1519
1573
1521
41. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1561
1541
1513
1585
42. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1576
1509
1536
1538
43. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.
1558
1558
1600
1529
44. Spanish
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1545
1538
1574
45. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1593
1536
1572
1519
46. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1533
1547
1576
1578
47. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1536
1592
1514
1527
48. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1537
1561
1546
1579
49. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1533
1541
1543
1561
50. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1535
1567
1512
1545