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16th Century Timeline
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1. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1542
1565
1572
1571
2. Hern
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1561
1600
1519
3. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1500
1572
1552
1600
4. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.
1592
1579
1556
1506
5. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1571
1503
1593
1554
6. Vasco N
1513
1512
1570
1555
7. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1556
1571
1589
1553
8. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1506
1539
1584
1519
9. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1566
1521
1549
1579
10. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1531
1513
1503
1556
11. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1513
1564
1521
1553
12. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1513
1556
1559
1501
13. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1511
1534
1565
1571
14. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1579
1515
1521
1550
15. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.
1532
1547
1562
1506
16. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.
1542
1585
1514
1506
17. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1556
1572
1501
1589
18. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1567
1558
1569
1529
19. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.
1522
1565
1556
1550
20. Vasco N
1513
1558
1556
1512
21. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1526
1598
1592
1553
22. Portuguese navigator Pedro
1500
1598
1574
1592
23. The Polish
1514
1569
1550
1556
24. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1562
1519
1567
1543
25. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.
1568
1556
1564
1574
26. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.
1598
1506
1517
1538
27. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1500
1598
1556
1598
28. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.
1544
1561
1548
1565
29. 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.
1580
1599
1532
1529
30. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1596
1519
1587
1519
31. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.
1519
1571
1513
1565
32. Rising of the North in England.
1569
1553
1541
1524
33. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1536
1506
1582
1521
34. First reported African slaves in The New World
1502
1509
1567
1571
35. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1513
1534
1556
1592
36. 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.
1572
1551
1500
1573
37. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1578
1555
1572
1541
38. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1548
1556
1529
1562
39. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.
1551
1520
1557
1506
40. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1524
1536
1592
1529
41. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1543
1525
1571
1521
42. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1560
1561
1532
1572
43. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.
1534
1559
1582
1565
44. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn
1558
1599
1500
1512
45. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1516
1514
1500
1557
46. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1576
1598
1572
1558
47. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1598
1570
1573
1521
48. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1529
1582
1591
1542
49. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1582
1582
1527
1516
50. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1553
1527
1526
1567