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16th Century Timeline

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






2. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






3. 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.






4. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






5. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






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






8. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






9. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






10. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






11. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






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






13. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






14. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






15. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






17. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






18. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






21. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






22. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






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






24. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






25. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






27. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






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






30. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






31. 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.






32. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






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






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






35. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






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






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






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






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






43. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






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






45. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






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






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






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