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16th Century Timeline

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






2. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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






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






6. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






7. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






8. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






9. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






10. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






11. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






12. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






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






14. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






15. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






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






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






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19. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






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






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.






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24. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






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






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






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






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






29. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






30. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






31. The M






32. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






33. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






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






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.






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






38. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






47. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






48. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






49. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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







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