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16th Century Timeline

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1. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






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






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






4. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






6. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






7. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






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






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






10. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






11. The M






12. Affair of the Placards






13. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






14. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






15. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






16. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






17. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






18. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






19. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






20. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






22. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See






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






24. Rising of the North in England.






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






26. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






27. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






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






29. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






30. First reported African slaves in The New World






31. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.






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






33. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






34. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland - Ismail I - the founder of Safavid dynasty - dead and Tahmasp I became king.






35. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






37. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






38. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






39. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






40. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






41. Tom






42. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






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






45. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






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






47. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






48. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






49. Vasco N






50. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.







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