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16th Century Timeline

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1. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






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






3. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






5. Rising of the North in England.






6. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






7. Francis Drake circles the world.






8. 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.






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






10. First reported African slaves in The New World






11. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






12. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






13. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






14. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






16. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






17. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






18. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






19. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






20. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






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






22. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






23. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






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






25. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






26. 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






27. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






28. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






29. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






30. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






31. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






32. The M






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






34. 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






35. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.






43. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






44. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






45. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






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






47. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






48. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






49. Gonzalo Jim






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