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16th Century Timeline

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1. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






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






3. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






4. Gonzalo Jim






5. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






7. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






8. Portuguese navigator Pedro






9. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






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






12. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






13. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.






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






15. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






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






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






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






19. The French defeat an Imperial






20. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






21. First reported African slaves in The New World






22. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






23. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






24. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






25. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






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






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






29. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






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






31. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






32. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






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






34. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






35. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






36. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






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






38. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






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






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






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






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






43. Birth of Ren






44. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






45. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






47. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






48. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






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






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