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16th Century Timeline
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1. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1582
1519
1503
1587
2. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1529
1572
1571
1519
3. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
1533
1502
1531
1519
4. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1564
1560
1569
1532
5. The M
1535
1598
1578
1549
6. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.
1533
1560
1551
1536
7. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1598
1514
1558
1548
8. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1593
1571
1534
1524
9. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1565
1513
1519
1570
10. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan
1534
1551
1503
1598
11. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1519
1558
1525
1503
12. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1515
1557
1513
1525
13. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1569
1524
1566
1537
14. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1539
1570
1503
1526
15. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1521
1547
1560
1506
16. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1556
1549
1561
1512
17. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.
1558
1545
1569
1600
18. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1537
1554
1501
1574
19. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.
1513
1552
1521
1518
20. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1556
1548
1546
1551
21. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1556
1538
1554
1558
22. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.
1544
1506
1543
1544
23. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1513
1588
1521
1553
24. 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.
1558
1548
1522
1574
25. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1547
1544
1580
1546
26. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1526
1598
1545
1565
27. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1535
1529
1522
1506
28. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.
1557
1525
1506
1543
29. First reported African slaves in The New World
1547
1502
1551
1524
30. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1536
1591
1513
1569
31. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1545
1536
1572
1514
32. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1598
1551
1556
1513
33. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.
1572
1553
1558
1519
34. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1544
1582
1533
1599
35. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1565
1560
1516
1550
36. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1545
1578
1519
1537
37. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1580
1588
1527
1600
38. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1600
1580
1565
1500
39. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1521
1503
1553
1500
40. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1501
1527
1548
1582
41. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1579
1541
1600
1551
42. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.
1579
1572
1582
1573
43. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1580
1567
1571
1541
44. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1547
1516
1524
1565
45. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1512
1533
1575
1517
46. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).
1542
1529
1519
1553
47. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1591
1517
1593
1539
48. The Polish
1541
1569
1591
1527
49. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1514
1506
1526
1547
50. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1519
1504
1568
1517