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16th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






6. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






7. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






8. Rising of the North in England.






9. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






10. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






11. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






12. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






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






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






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






17. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






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






25. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






26. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






28. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






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






30. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






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






32. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






34. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






35. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






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






37. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






38. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






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






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






42. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






44. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






46. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






47. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






49. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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