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16th Century Timeline

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1. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






4. Gonzalo Jim






5. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






6. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






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






9. The French defeat an Imperial






10. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






12. 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.






13. Rising of the North in England.






14. Spain repulses the English Armada.






15. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






16. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






17. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






18. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






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






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






21. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






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






23. Birth of Ren






24. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






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






26. Rising of the North in England.






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






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






29. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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






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






33. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






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






35. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






36. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






37. Birth of Ren






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






39. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






40. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






41. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






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






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






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






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






46. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






48. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






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






50. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).







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