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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






6. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. Portuguese navigator Pedro






16. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






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






18. 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






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






20. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






21. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






22. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






23. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






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






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






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






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






29. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






30. 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.






31. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






32. 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.






33. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






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






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






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37. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






38. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






39. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






40. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






41. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






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






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






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






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






47. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






48. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






50. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.