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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






3. 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.






4. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






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






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






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






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






10. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






12. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






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






14. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






16. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






18. Vasco N






19. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






20. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






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






23. Rising of the North in England.






24. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






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






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






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






28. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






29. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






30. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






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






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






33. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






34. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






35. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






36. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






37. The French defeat an Imperial






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






39. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






41. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






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






44. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






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






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






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






48. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






49. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






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






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