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16th Century Timeline

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1. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






2. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






3. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






5. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






6. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






7. Rising of the North in England.






8. Hern






9. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






10. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






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






12. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






13. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






19. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






20. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






21. Francis Drake circles the world.






22. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






23. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






24. First reported African slaves in The New World






25. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






26. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






27. 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.






28. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






29. Gonzalo Jim






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






31. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






32. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






33. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






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






35. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.






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






37. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






38. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






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






40. Portuguese navigator Pedro






41. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






42. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






43. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






44. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






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






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. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






49. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






50. Morisco Revolt in Spain.