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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. The French defeat an Imperial






5. 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.






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






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






8. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






9. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






10. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






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






12. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






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






14. Gonzalo Jim






15. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






16. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






18. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






19. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






20. The Polish






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






22. 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.






23. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






24. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






25. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






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






27. Rising of the North in England.






28. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






30. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






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






32. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






33. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






34. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






35. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






36. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






37. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






38. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






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






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






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






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






43. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






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






46. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






48. 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.






49. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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