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16th Century Timeline

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1. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






2. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






5. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






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






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






9. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






10. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






12. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






13. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






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






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






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






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






18. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






19. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






20. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






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






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






23. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






25. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






26. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






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






29. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






30. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






31. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






32. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






33. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






34. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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






37. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






38. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






39. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






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






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






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






44. Rising of the North in England.






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






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






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






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






49. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






50. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.