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16th Century Timeline

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1. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






9. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






10. Gonzalo Jim






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






12. 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.






13. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






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






15. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






16. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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






19. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






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






21. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






22. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






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






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






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






27. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






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






30. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






31. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






32. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






34. The French defeat an Imperial






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






36. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






37. The Polish






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






39. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






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






41. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






43. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






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






45. 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.






46. Portuguese missionaries Jos






47. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






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






49. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






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







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