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16th Century Timeline

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1. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






2. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






3. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






7. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






8. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






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10. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






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






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






13. 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






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






15. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






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






17. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






18. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






19. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. Affair of the Placards






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






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






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






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






32. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






33. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






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36. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






37. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






38. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






39. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






41. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






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43. 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.






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






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






46. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






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






49. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






50. 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