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16th Century Timeline
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1. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.
1558
1519
1564
1593
2. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1564
1588
1558
1565
3. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1509
1573
1532
1506
4. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1500
1531
1541
1557
5. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1550
1565
1529
1571
6. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza
1551
1551
1571
1536
7. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April
1556
1564
1538
1526
8. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1545
1571
1521
1541
9. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1527
1562
1551
1506
10. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1574
1541
1572
1564
11. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza
1572
1556
1536
1521
12. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1534
1592
1529
1527
13. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1500
1541
1584
1556
14. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1529
1538
1564
1513
15. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1542
1548
1511
1555
16. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1522
1571
1519
1576
17. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1513
1542
1545
1557
18. Miguel L
1500
1565
1572
1506
19. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1532
1557
1550
1506
20. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1560
1544
1513
1563
21. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1533
1549
1562
1556
22. 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.
1544
1533
1527
1509
23. Spanish
1542
1538
1506
1571
24. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1511
1574
1599
1557
25. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1513
1525
1517
1600
26. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1533
1501
1568
1532
27. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1514
1579
1570
1571
28. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1592
1560
1519
1566
29. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1527
1561
1582
1500
30. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1513
1567
1536
1565
31. The M
1521
1553
1513
1535
32. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1509
1500
1557
1541
33. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.
1533
1557
1591
1506
34. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1503
1506
1558
1527
35. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1578
1576
1598
1538
36. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.
1565
1542
1582
1571
37. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
1569
1519
1567
1531
38. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1534
1516
1514
1564
39. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1514
1519
1534
1521
40. Vasco N
1513
1582
1520
1514
41. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1582
1561
1503
1536
42. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1506
1579
1525
1503
43. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1567
1541
1513
1556
44. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1521
1565
1537
1600
45. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
1558
1571
1560
1541
46. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1543
1542
1546
1558
47. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1535
1556
1521
1593
48. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.
1521
1541
1545
1548
49. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1572
1556
1559
1565
50. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.
1550
1506
1573
1571
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