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16th Century Timeline

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1. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






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






4. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






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






6. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






7. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






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






10. Francis Drake circles the world.






11. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






12. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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15. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






18. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






19. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






20. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






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






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






24. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






25. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






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






27. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






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






29. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






30. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






31. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






32. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






33. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






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






36. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






38. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






39. 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.






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41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. The M






50. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians







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