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16th Century Timeline

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1. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






2. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






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






4. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






5. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






6. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






8. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






9. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






10. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






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






12. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






13. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






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15. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






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






21. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






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






23. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






25. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






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






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






28. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






29. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






30. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






31. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






32. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






33. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






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






42. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






43. 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






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






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






46. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






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






48. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






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






50. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.