Test your basic knowledge |

16th Century Timeline

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






2. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






3. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






4. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






6. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






7. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






8. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






9. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






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






13. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






15. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






16. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






17. The Polish






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






19. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






21. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






22. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






23. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






25. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






26. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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






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






29. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






30. Gonzalo Jim






31. Tom






32. Portuguese missionaries Jos






33. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






34. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






35. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






36. Birth of Ren






37. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






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






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






41. Birth of Ren






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






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






44. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






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






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






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






48. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






49. Rising of the North in England.






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