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16th Century Timeline

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






2. The M






3. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






5. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






6. Spanish






7. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






8. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






9. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






10. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






12. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






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






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






15. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






16. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






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






19. Birth of Ren






20. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






21. The French defeat an Imperial






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






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






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






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






26. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






27. Spanish






28. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






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






30. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






32. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






33. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






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






37. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






38. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






39. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






40. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






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






43. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






46. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






47. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






49. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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