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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






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6. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






8. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






15. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






17. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






18. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






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






21. Portuguese missionaries Jos






22. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






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






24. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






25. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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






27. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






28. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






29. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






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






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






33. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






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






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






36. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






37. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






38. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






39. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






41. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






42. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






43. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






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






45. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






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






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






48. The Polish






49. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






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