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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






8. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






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






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






11. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






12. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






13. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






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






15. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






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






17. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






18. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






19. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






20. 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.






21. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






23. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






25. 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.






26. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






27. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






28. The Polish






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






30. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






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






32. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






33. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






34. Affair of the Placards






35. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






36. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






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






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






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






42. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






43. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






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






46. 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.






47. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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






49. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






50. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium