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16th Century Timeline

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






2. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






3. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






4. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






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






6. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






8. 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.






9. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






10. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






11. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






12. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






13. Spain repulses the English Armada.






14. Portuguese navigator Pedro






15. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






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






17. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






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






19. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






20. Spanish






21. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






22. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






24. Spain repulses the English Armada.






25. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






26. Est






27. Hern






28. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






29. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






30. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






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






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






33. Rising of the North in England.






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






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






36. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






37. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






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






39. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






42. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






44. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






45. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






46. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






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






48. 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.






49. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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







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