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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






3. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






4. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






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






6. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






7. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






8. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






10. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






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






12. Affair of the Placards






13. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






15. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






16. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






17. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






19. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






25. Spanish






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






27. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






29. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






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






32. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






33. Francis Drake circles the world.






34. The Polish






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






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






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






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






43. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






44. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






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






46. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






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






48. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






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