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16th Century Timeline

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






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3. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






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






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






8. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






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






11. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






13. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






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






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






16. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






17. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






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






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






22. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






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






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






27. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






28. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






29. 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.






30. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






31. 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.






32. Rising of the North in England.






33. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






34. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






36. Catherine de' Medici instigates the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre which takes the lives of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny and thousands of Huguenots. The violence spreads from Paris to other cities and the countryside.






37. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






38. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






39. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






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






41. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






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






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






44. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






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






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






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






48. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






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






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