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16th Century Timeline
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1. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1579
1556
1526
1504
2. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani
1529
1582
1573
1545
3. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1589
1571
1544
1556
4. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1556
1571
1564
1560
5. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1572
1578
1531
1568
6. Portuguese navigator Pedro
1500
1558
1519
1519
7. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.
1567
1518
1527
1541
8. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1556
1512
1516
1571
9. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1568
1503
1506
1558
10. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1600
1554
1591
1598
11. Tom
1571
1549
1512
1517
12. First reported African slaves in The New World
1512
1534
1502
1541
13. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1505
1560
1600
1539
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.
1580
1571
1567
1514
15. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1561
1537
1501
1552
16. The M
1555
1554
1553
1535
17. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1589
1519
1571
1551
18. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu
1573
1521
1531
1500
19. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1576
1566
1553
1561
20. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1533
1553
1501
1515
21. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1556
1503
1558
1572
22. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1541
1562
1571
1509
23. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.
1521
1513
1524
1582
24. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1571
1546
1544
1527
25. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1548
1567
1501
1547
26. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1512
1565
1521
1564
27. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1512
1537
1562
1591
28. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1520
1560
1568
1536
29. Birth of Ren
1519
1596
1532
1565
30. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1562
1549
1560
1550
31. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
1503
1563
1550
1531
32. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1568
1569
1526
1521
33. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.
1576
1524
1580
1550
34. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1512
1558
1513
1572
35. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
1571
1579
1547
1589
36. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1524
1556
1514
1500
37. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1544
1565
1592
1504
38. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1534
1579
1558
1565
39. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1560
1553
1588
1534
40. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1526
1536
1600
1557
41. 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.
1592
1558
1524
1545
42. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1519
1556
1593
1560
43. 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.
1519
1507
1558
1544
44. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
1527
1553
1501
1515
45. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1506
1547
1565
1556
46. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April
1545
1513
1564
1502
47. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1565
1558
1520
1555
48. Spanish
1538
1600
1502
1552
49. Francis Drake circles the world.
1577
1541
1500
1506
50. Affair of the Placards
1537
1541
1513
1534