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16th Century Timeline

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1. Affair of the Placards






2. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






3. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






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






5. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






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






7. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






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






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






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






11. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






12. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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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.






15. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






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






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






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






20. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






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






23. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






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






26. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






27. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






28. 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.






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30. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






31. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






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






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






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






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36. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






37. Catherine de' Medici instigates the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre which takes the lives of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny and thousands of Huguenots. The violence spreads from Paris to other cities and the countryside.






38. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






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






40. Gonzalo Jim






41. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






42. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






43. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.






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






45. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






46. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






47. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






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49. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






50. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal