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16th Century Timeline
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1. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.
1500
1565
1567
1506
2. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1552
1582
1561
1541
3. Spanish
1569
1513
1541
1538
4. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1500
1512
1578
1592
5. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1505
1562
1533
1509
6. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1544
1517
1552
1572
7. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
1513
1513
1556
1531
8. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1546
1513
1545
1541
9. 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.
1519
1596
1569
1501
10. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1592
1527
1558
1509
11. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1547
1598
1541
1527
12. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1511
1569
1574
1503
13. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1509
1547
1568
1565
14. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1532
1544
1588
1556
15. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1506
1550
1513
1558
16. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.
1552
1536
1547
1533
17. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1501
1568
1560
1543
18. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1506
1587
1555
1579
19. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1501
1534
1559
1535
20. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu
1503
1531
1547
1598
21. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1522
1509
1504
1503
22. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1513
1559
1560
1565
23. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.
1576
1558
1555
1582
24. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1588
1580
1567
1545
25. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1548
1593
1531
1600
26. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.
1538
1503
1513
1544
27. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1550
1565
1576
1562
28. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1504
1541
1501
1553
29. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.
1551
1521
1556
1599
30. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1524
1553
1519
1562
31. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1579
1557
1574
1513
32. 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.
1503
1524
1542
1565
33. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1531
1533
1547
1506
34. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1515
1562
1569
1521
35. Miguel L
1526
1565
1579
1522
36. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1500
1506
1557
1515
37. Gonzalo Jim
1500
1538
1591
1556
38. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.
1541
1600
1517
1566
39. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1563
1572
1551
1522
40. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1509
1514
1575
1565
41. The M
1514
1565
1535
1564
42. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1541
1519
1529
1598
43. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1576
1506
1501
1564
44. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1585
1519
1513
1527
45. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1572
1556
1500
1591
46. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1585
1517
1503
1501
47. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1520
1513
1516
1564
48. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1562
1500
1591
1582
49. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1537
1536
1536
1575
50. 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.
1556
1541
1572
1575