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16th Century Timeline

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1. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






2. 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.






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






4. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






5. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






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






8. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






9. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






10. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






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






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






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






15. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






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






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






18. Rising of the North in England.






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






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






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






22. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






23. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






25. 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






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27. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






28. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






30. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






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






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






35. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






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






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






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






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






41. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






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






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






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






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






48. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






50. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.