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16th Century Timeline

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1. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






3. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






4. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






5. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






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






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






8. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






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






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






11. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






12. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






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






14. Rising of the North in England.






15. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






16. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






17. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






18. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






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






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






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






24. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






25. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






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






28. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






29. 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.






30. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






31. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






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






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






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






36. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






38. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






39. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






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






42. Portuguese navigator Pedro






43. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






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






45. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






46. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






47. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






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






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







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