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16th Century Timeline

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1. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






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






3. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






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






5. Miguel L






6. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






7. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






8. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






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






10. Francis Drake circles the world.






11. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






12. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






13. Est






14. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






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






16. The French defeat an Imperial






17. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






19. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






20. Birth of Ren






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






22. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






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






24. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






26. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






27. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






28. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






29. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






30. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






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






32. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






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






34. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






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






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






38. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






39. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






40. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






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






42. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






43. Affair of the Placards






44. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






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






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






48. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






50. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.