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






2. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






3. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






4. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.






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






6. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






8. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






9. 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.






10. Est






11. The French defeat an Imperial






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






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






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






15. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






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






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






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






19. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






20. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






22. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






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






24. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






25. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.






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






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






28. 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






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






30. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






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






33. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






34. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






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






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






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






38. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






39. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






40. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






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






43. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






46. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






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






48. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






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






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