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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






6. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






7. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






8. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






9. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






10. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






11. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






12. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






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






14. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






15. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






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






18. 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.






19. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






20. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






21. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






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






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






26. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






27. 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






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






29. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






30. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






31. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






33. Gonzalo Jim






34. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






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






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






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






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






43. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






44. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






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






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






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






48. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






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






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