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16th Century Timeline

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1. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






2. Portuguese navigator Pedro






3. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






4. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






5. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






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7. 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.






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






13. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






14. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






16. Birth of Ren






17. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






18. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






21. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






22. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






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






25. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






26. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






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






29. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






30. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






31. Birth of Ren






32. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






35. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






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






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






38. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






39. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






41. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






42. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






43. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






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






46. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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48. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






49. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






50. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.