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16th Century Timeline

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1. Birth of Ren






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






3. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






4. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






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






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






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






8. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






9. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






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






11. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






12. Spanish






13. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






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






15. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






16. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






17. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






18. 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.






19. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






21. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






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






24. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






25. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






26. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






27. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






29. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






30. Affair of the Placards






31. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See






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






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






34. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






35. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






37. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






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






39. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






40. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






46. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






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






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






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






50. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.







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