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16th Century Timeline

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






2. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






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






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






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






7. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






8. 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






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






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






11. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






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






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






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






16. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






17. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






18. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






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






20. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






21. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






22. 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.






23. Gonzalo Jim






24. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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






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






27. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See






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






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






30. Birth of Ren






31. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






33. 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.






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






35. The French defeat an Imperial






36. Francis Drake circles the world.






37. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






40. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






41. 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.






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






43. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






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






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






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






48. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






49. The M






50. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.