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16th Century Timeline

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






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






3. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






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






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






12. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






13. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






14. Spain repulses the English Armada.






15. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






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






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






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






19. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






21. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






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






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






24. First reported African slaves in The New World






25. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






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






27. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






29. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






30. Affair of the Placards






31. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






33. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






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






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






37. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






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






39. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






41. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






42. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






43. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






45. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






46. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






49. Francis Drake circles the world.






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