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16th Century Timeline

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1. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






2. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






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






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






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






12. Affair of the Placards






13. 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.






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






15. First reported African slaves in The New World






16. The French defeat an Imperial






17. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






20. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






21. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






22. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






23. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






24. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






25. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






26. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






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






28. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






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






30. Gonzalo Jim






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32. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






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






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






35. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






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






38. Portuguese navigator Pedro






39. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






40. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






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






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






43. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






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






46. 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.






47. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






48. 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






49. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






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