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16th Century Timeline

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1. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






2. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






4. Francis Drake circles the world.






5. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






6. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






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






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






9. 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






10. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






11. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






13. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






14. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






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






16. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






17. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






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






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






20. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland - Ismail I - the founder of Safavid dynasty - dead and Tahmasp I became king.






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






22. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






23. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






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






26. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.






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






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






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






30. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






39. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






40. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






42. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






43. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






45. Miguel L






46. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






47. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






48. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






49. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






50. Spain repulses the English Armada.