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16th Century Timeline
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1. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1517
1591
1529
1500
2. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.
1517
1500
1587
1556
3. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1527
1527
1526
1519
4. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1562
1552
1549
1524
5. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1547
1553
1513
1560
6. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1571
1541
1564
1500
7. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1556
1578
1519
1519
8. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th
1584
1569
1580
1553
9. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
1571
1592
1541
1520
10. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1550
1511
1538
1521
11. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1537
1503
1554
1529
12. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan
1500
1512
1503
1513
13. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1500
1565
1564
1512
14. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1521
1571
1503
1562
15. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.
1535
1536
1564
1550
16. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1558
1570
1550
1565
17. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1502
1550
1560
1546
18. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1561
1558
1600
1515
19. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1533
1548
1582
1556
20. Morisco Revolt in Spain.
1513
1599
1542
1568
21. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1541
1580
1560
1561
22. 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.
1519
1521
1598
1509
23. Gonzalo Jim
1587
1568
1538
1552
24. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1547
1520
1598
1563
25. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.
1547
1541
1565
1537
26. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1596
1598
1521
1545
27. 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
1542
1580
1509
1556
28. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.
1592
1585
1505
1551
29. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.
1524
1522
1547
1545
30. Birth of Ren
1556
1596
1565
1539
31. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1521
1548
1596
1568
32. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1600
1555
1507
1592
33. 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.
1524
1564
1513
1550
34. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1565
1584
1503
1519
35. The French defeat an Imperial
1541
1544
1541
1598
36. Francis Drake circles the world.
1527
1577
1541
1584
37. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1505
1519
1533
1544
38. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1567
1521
1536
1506
39. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1557
1537
1539
1556
40. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.
1556
1558
1514
1578
41. 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.
1538
1577
1580
1555
42. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1536
1563
1548
1521
43. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians
1550
1557
1579
1519
44. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1503
1577
1574
1526
45. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1522
1514
1513
1536
46. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.
1527
1518
1524
1531
47. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1522
1513
1518
1596
48. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1527
1538
1521
1572
49. The M
1575
1519
1535
1591
50. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1529
1536
1600
1527