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16th Century Timeline

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






2. 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.






3. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






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






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






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






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






8. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






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






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






13. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






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






15. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






16. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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






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






20. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






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






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






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






25. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






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






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






28. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






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






36. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






38. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






39. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






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






42. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






44. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






45. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






46. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






47. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






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






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






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