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16th Century Timeline
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1. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.
1536
1600
1541
1558
2. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1518
1504
1505
1588
3. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1521
1572
1543
1568
4. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.
1596
1546
1555
1558
5. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.
1529
1536
1524
1503
6. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1592
1579
1519
1577
7. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1561
1513
1541
1517
8. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.
1561
1559
1526
1547
9. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1553
1541
1534
1593
10. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1539
1536
1570
1529
11. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1562
1598
1561
1506
12. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1569
1532
1571
1598
13. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1576
1568
1564
1529
14. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1521
1596
1556
1543
15. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
1557
1589
1556
1531
16. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.
1551
1533
1547
1536
17. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.
1518
1500
1545
1584
18. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1574
1541
1572
1559
19. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1588
1543
1505
1563
20. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1547
1558
1512
1577
21. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1551
1574
1514
1598
22. Spanish
1526
1564
1538
1521
23. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1534
1569
1543
1545
24. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.
1551
1564
1574
1548
25. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1572
1587
1576
1552
26. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1572
1598
1529
1551
27. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1541
1516
1539
1569
28. The M
1550
1535
1553
1585
29. Tom
1549
1564
1574
1565
30. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1565
1544
1518
1503
31. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1529
1521
1506
1554
32. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1514
1579
1513
1543
33. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1517
1585
1531
1598
34. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1565
1561
1547
1525
35. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1557
1541
1553
1596
36. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1567
1556
1571
1572
37. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.
1521
1519
1517
1558
38. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1562
1531
1547
1556
39. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1560
1507
1589
1543
40. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1561
1556
1598
1556
41. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1515
1556
1509
1572
42. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1561
1574
1514
1521
43. Vasco N
1534
1546
1556
1513
44. 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.
1524
1527
1531
1589
45. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1582
1567
1562
1552
46. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
1527
1592
1576
1547
47. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1506
1579
1526
1541
48. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1526
1593
1543
1533
49. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.
1572
1535
1561
1564
50. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1571
1548
1522
1519