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16th Century Timeline

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1. Affair of the Placards






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






3. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






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






6. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






7. 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.






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






9. 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






10. 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.






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






12. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






13. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






14. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






16. Hern






17. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






18. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






19. Portuguese navigator Pedro






20. Portuguese missionaries Jos






21. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






23. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






24. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






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






26. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






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






28. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






29. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






31. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






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






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






34. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






35. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






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






37. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






39. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






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






46. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






48. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






50. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.