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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






5. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






6. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






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






8. Affair of the Placards






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






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






11. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






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






15. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






16. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






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






18. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






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






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






22. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






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






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






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






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






29. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






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






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






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






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






42. Affair of the Placards






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






44. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






46. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






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






48. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






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