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16th Century Timeline
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1. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1519
1535
1554
1591
2. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1527
1574
1547
1592
3. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1500
1568
1500
1519
4. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1541
1571
1523
1563
5. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1529
1503
1501
1598
6. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).
1562
1565
1519
1556
7. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1572
1531
1599
1541
8. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians
1544
1573
1550
1503
9. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1560
1565
1551
1503
10. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1526
1565
1515
1553
11. The Polish
1587
1534
1591
1569
12. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1568
1541
1535
1593
13. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1565
1550
1525
1545
14. 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.
1519
1598
1571
1580
15. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.
1529
1587
1517
1541
16. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1505
1547
1521
1512
17. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1587
1593
1571
1500
18. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1556
1561
1585
1550
19. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1520
1561
1507
1519
20. Rising of the North in England.
1569
1549
1551
1561
21. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
1541
1527
1562
1536
22. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1506
1500
1541
1548
23. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1544
1591
1551
1589
24. Tom
1549
1572
1568
1525
25. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1533
1507
1529
1514
26. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1503
1558
1500
1571
27. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani
1513
1557
1545
1572
28. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1571
1564
1542
1556
29. Francis Drake circles the world.
1571
1503
1577
1592
30. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1543
1558
1537
1519
31. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.
1580
1553
1566
1503
32. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1556
1593
1500
1521
33. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1527
1543
1521
1544
34. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1537
1572
1541
1541
35. Hern
1568
1519
1571
1557
36. Affair of the Placards
1509
1592
1534
1598
37. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1500
1505
1556
1562
38. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1518
1600
1547
1541
39. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1571
1574
1535
1533
40. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1536
1541
1543
1513
41. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.
1526
1589
1509
1565
42. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1527
1560
1551
1565
43. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1541
1519
1513
1512
44. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1572
1519
1582
1559
45. 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.
1531
1542
1582
1514
46. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.
1517
1519
1560
1564
47. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1541
1509
1513
1501
48. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1560
1519
1504
1551
49. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1553
1547
1518
1521
50. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.
1544
1547
1538
1579
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