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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Gonzalo Jim






3. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






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






5. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






6. 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.






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






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






9. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






11. 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






12. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






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






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






15. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






17. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






18. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






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






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






22. Rising of the North in England.






23. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






24. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






25. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






26. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






28. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






29. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






30. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






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






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






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






34. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






35. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






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






37. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






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






40. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






41. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






42. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






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






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






45. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






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






48. Affair of the Placards






49. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






50. Elizabeth Tudor is born.