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16th Century Timeline

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






2. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






3. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






4. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






5. Spain repulses the English Armada.






6. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






8. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






9. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






10. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






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






12. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






13. Portuguese missionaries Jos






14. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






16. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






17. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






18. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






20. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






21. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






22. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






23. 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.






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






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26. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






27. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






28. Portuguese navigator Pedro






29. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






30. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






31. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






32. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






36. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






38. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






39. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






40. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






41. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






42. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






43. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






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






47. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.






48. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






49. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






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