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16th Century Timeline

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1. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






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






3. The French defeat an Imperial






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






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






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






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






8. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






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






11. Spanish






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






13. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






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






15. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






16. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






17. 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






18. 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.






19. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






20. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






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






22. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






23. The Polish






24. Spain repulses the English Armada.






25. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






26. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






28. 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.






29. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






30. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






32. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






34. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






35. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






36. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






38. Francis Drake circles the world.






39. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






41. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






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






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






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






45. Est






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






47. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






48. 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.






49. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






50. 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.