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16th Century Timeline

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1. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






2. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






5. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






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






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






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






10. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






11. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






12. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






13. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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






15. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






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






18. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






19. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






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






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






22. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






23. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






24. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.






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






26. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






27. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






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






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






30. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






31. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






32. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






33. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






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






37. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






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






39. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






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






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






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






44. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






45. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






46. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






47. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






48. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






49. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






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







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