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16th Century Timeline

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1. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






2. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






3. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






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






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






8. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






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






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






12. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






13. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






14. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






16. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






17. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






18. 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.






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20. The French defeat an Imperial






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






22. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






23. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






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






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






26. Rising of the North in England.






27. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






28. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






29. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






30. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






31. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






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






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






34. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






39. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






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






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42. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






43. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






45. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






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






47. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






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






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






50. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.