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16th Century Timeline

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1. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






2. 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






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






4. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






5. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






6. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






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






8. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






10. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






11. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






12. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






13. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






14. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






15. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






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






17. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






18. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






19. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






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






22. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






23. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






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






25. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






26. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






27. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.






28. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






29. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






30. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






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






32. 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.






33. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






34. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






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






36. Spanish






37. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






40. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.






41. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






49. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.






50. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.