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16th Century Timeline

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1. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






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






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






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5. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






6. Spain repulses the English Armada.






7. Affair of the Placards






8. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






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






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






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12. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






13. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






15. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






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






18. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






19. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






20. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






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






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






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






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






26. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






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






28. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






29. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






31. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






33. Affair of the Placards






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






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






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37. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






39. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






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






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






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






43. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






45. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






46. First reported African slaves in The New World






47. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






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






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






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