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16th Century Timeline

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1. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






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






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






4. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






5. 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.






6. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






7. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






8. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






9. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






10. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






11. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






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






13. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






15. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






16. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.






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






21. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






24. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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






26. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






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






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29. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






30. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






31. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






32. Francis Drake circles the world.






33. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






34. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






35. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






36. Catherine de' Medici instigates the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre which takes the lives of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny and thousands of Huguenots. The violence spreads from Paris to other cities and the countryside.






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






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






39. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






40. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






41. Birth of Ren






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






43. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






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






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






47. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






48. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






49. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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