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16th Century Timeline

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2. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






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6. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






7. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






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






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






11. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






12. Portuguese navigator Pedro






13. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






14. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






15. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






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






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






18. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






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






20. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






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






22. 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.






23. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






24. 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.






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






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






27. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






28. 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.






29. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






30. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






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






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






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






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






35. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






36. 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






37. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






38. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






39. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






40. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






41. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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49. First reported African slaves in The New World






50. Spanish conquistador Miguel L