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16th Century Timeline

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1. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






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






3. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






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






6. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






7. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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






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






11. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






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






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






14. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






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






16. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






17. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.






18. Affair of the Placards






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






20. Est






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






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






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






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






25. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






26. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






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






29. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






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






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






32. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






33. Gonzalo Jim






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






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






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






37. Spanish






38. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






40. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






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






42. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






43. 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.






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






45. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






46. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






47. 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.






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






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






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