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16th Century Timeline
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1. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1564
1532
1513
1558
2. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1522
1568
1578
1565
3. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1520
1571
1514
1512
4. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1561
1553
1580
1536
5. 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.
1541
1571
1548
1525
6. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1542
1569
1589
1565
7. Morisco Revolt in Spain.
1556
1571
1519
1568
8. Miguel L
1580
1553
1501
1565
9. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1565
1519
1556
1556
10. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1513
1541
1564
1521
11. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.
1529
1500
1552
1560
12. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.
1517
1509
1574
1507
13. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1571
1577
1516
1562
14. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1544
1535
1565
1541
15. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.
1575
1557
1551
1517
16. Portuguese navigator Pedro
1579
1553
1536
1500
17. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1555
1502
1513
1576
18. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.
1539
1561
1541
1568
19. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1566
1534
1521
1593
20. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1513
1547
1505
1572
21. Hern
1503
1592
1519
1522
22. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1555
1582
1521
1565
23. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1503
1533
1534
1506
24. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1572
1575
1570
1525
25. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
1548
1565
1512
1527
26. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1600
1558
1575
1545
27. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1524
1533
1582
1574
28. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1587
1592
1552
1575
29. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1503
1521
1560
1596
30. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu
1577
1531
1526
1535
31. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1501
1503
1556
1513
32. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.
1592
1503
1574
1558
33. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1548
1541
1547
1587
34. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1569
1509
1598
1519
35. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1513
1501
1599
1556
36. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.
1541
1519
1512
1572
37. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1536
1519
1500
1526
38. First reported African slaves in The New World
1526
1503
1502
1519
39. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1577
1545
1534
1565
40. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.
1513
1527
1519
1535
41. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan
1562
1519
1503
1564
42. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1572
1574
1598
1531
43. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1503
1547
1501
1531
44. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.
1533
1565
1600
1562
45. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1524
1531
1598
1565
46. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1564
1513
1545
1513
47. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1544
1516
1592
1541
48. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1580
1589
1577
1556
49. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1539
1598
1570
1513
50. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1556
1519
1523
1547
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