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16th Century Timeline

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1. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






2. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






3. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






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






5. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






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






7. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






8. 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.






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






10. Rising of the North in England.






11. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






12. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






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






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






15. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






16. Spanish






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






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






19. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






20. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






21. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






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






23. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






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






25. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






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






35. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






36. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






37. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






38. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






39. 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.






40. Spanish






41. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






42. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






43. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






45. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






46. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






47. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






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






49. 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.






50. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.