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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






3. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






4. 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






5. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






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






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






9. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






10. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






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






12. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






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






14. First reported African slaves in The New World






15. Affair of the Placards






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






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






18. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






19. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






20. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






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






23. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






24. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






25. The French defeat an Imperial






26. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






27. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






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






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






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31. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






32. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






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






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






35. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






37. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






38. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






39. The Polish






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






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






47. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






48. Affair of the Placards






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







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