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16th Century Timeline
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1. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1562
1534
1513
1565
2. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1506
1571
1565
1574
3. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1562
1549
1571
1574
4. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.
1571
1514
1534
1592
5. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
1503
1534
1571
1556
6. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.
1556
1572
1548
1562
7. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.
1500
1521
1574
1589
8. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1546
1512
1571
1535
9. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.
1573
1531
1562
1572
10. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1517
1550
1557
1547
11. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1500
1531
1513
1500
12. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1502
1570
1541
1572
13. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1541
1546
1501
1514
14. 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.
1550
1591
1519
1542
15. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1556
1505
1552
1563
16. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1545
1524
1584
1541
17. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1536
1566
1547
1557
18. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1587
1518
1564
1545
19. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1556
1537
1541
1529
20. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1558
1565
1527
1503
21. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1519
1539
1547
1543
22. The Polish
1569
1565
1506
1565
23. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1541
1550
1600
1524
24. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1592
1521
1580
1569
25. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1524
1513
1512
1570
26. First reported African slaves in The New World
1572
1562
1582
1502
27. Hern
1516
1501
1558
1519
28. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1562
1563
1519
1521
29. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.
1577
1551
1506
1536
30. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.
1517
1557
1565
1500
31. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1551
1526
1553
1598
32. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1592
1500
1575
1564
33. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1543
1585
1506
1579
34. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1511
1537
1505
1591
35. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.
1592
1509
1557
1572
36. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1591
1582
1519
1531
37. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.
1506
1500
1579
1553
38. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1560
1547
1557
1526
39. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1527
1600
1558
1552
40. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1521
1520
1505
1522
41. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1561
1565
1503
1582
42. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1521
1533
1514
1553
43. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1550
1556
1551
1551
44. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1503
1560
1513
1564
45. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1556
1533
1527
1511
46. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1572
1567
1592
1524
47. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1516
1543
1537
1565
48. Affair of the Placards
1534
1557
1529
1599
49. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1591
1514
1506
1513
50. 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
1556
1565
1564
1570