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16th Century Timeline

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1. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






2. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






4. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






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






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






7. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






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






9. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






10. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






11. The French defeat an Imperial






12. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






14. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






15. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






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






17. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






19. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






20. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






21. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






22. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






23. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






24. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






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






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






27. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






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






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






31. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






32. 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.






33. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






34. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






35. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






36. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






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






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






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






40. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






41. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.






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






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






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






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






46. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






47. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






48. Affair of the Placards






49. Est






50. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.