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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






5. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






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






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






8. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






9. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






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






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






13. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






14. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






16. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






17. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland - Ismail I - the founder of Safavid dynasty - dead and Tahmasp I became king.






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






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






20. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






22. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






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25. 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.






26. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






39. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






40. The Polish






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






42. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






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






45. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






47. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






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






50. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.