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16th Century Timeline

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1. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






2. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






3. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






4. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






6. 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.






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8. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






9. 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.






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






11. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






12. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






13. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






14. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






16. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






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18. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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25. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






27. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






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






29. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






30. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






31. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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






33. 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.






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






35. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






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






38. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






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






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






42. 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.






43. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






44. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






45. 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.






46. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






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






48. 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.






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






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