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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






5. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






6. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






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






8. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






9. Francis Drake circles the world.






10. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






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






20. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






22. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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30. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






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






33. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






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






35. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






36. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






38. 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.






39. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






40. Vasco N






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






42. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






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






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






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






48. Birth of Ren






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






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







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