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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Birth of Ren






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






4. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






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






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






7. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






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






9. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






10. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






12. 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.






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






14. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






15. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






16. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






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






18. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






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20. 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.






21. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






28. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






29. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






30. 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.






31. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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






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






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






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






36. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






38. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






39. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






40. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






42. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






43. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






44. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






45. Affair of the Placards






46. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






47. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






48. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






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






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