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16th Century Timeline

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1. The Polish






2. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






3. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






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7. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






8. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






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






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






12. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






13. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






14. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






15. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






16. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






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






25. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






26. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






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






28. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






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






31. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






32. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






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






34. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






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






37. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






38. 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.






39. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






40. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






41. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






42. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






43. The M






44. Rising of the North in England.






45. 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.






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






47. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






48. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






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






50. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.