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16th Century Timeline
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1. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.
1541
1565
1587
1576
2. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1513
1551
1589
1517
3. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1554
1572
1514
1560
4. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.
1572
1515
1512
1536
5. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.
1536
1576
1578
1525
6. Tom
1549
1536
1556
1503
7. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1504
1600
1507
1512
8. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
1556
1571
1549
1553
9. Est
1565
1513
1535
1505
10. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.
1572
1524
1558
1538
11. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.
1584
1521
1592
1547
12. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.
1542
1570
1538
1512
13. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1560
1500
1513
1558
14. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.
1579
1506
1571
1589
15. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1558
1562
1547
1515
16. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.
1506
1514
1547
1556
17. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1563
1574
1519
1526
18. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See
1513
1547
1556
1511
19. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.
1574
1517
1537
1501
20. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1513
1567
1600
1565
21. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1514
1529
1572
1582
22. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1501
1548
1500
1588
23. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.
1515
1562
1579
1547
24. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1556
1582
1598
1568
25. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1501
1556
1582
1550
26. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.
1536
1519
1582
1554
27. 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.
1550
1521
1572
1500
28. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
1531
1506
1513
1592
29. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1589
1539
1506
1562
30. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1512
1545
1571
1565
31. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1542
1572
1557
1541
32. 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.
1567
1580
1544
1543
33. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1523
1578
1533
1582
34. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1506
1570
1509
1512
35. Francis Drake circles the world.
1517
1526
1577
1501
36. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.
1571
1515
1503
1558
37. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1525
1572
1547
1551
38. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1572
1536
1598
1562
39. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1519
1587
1591
1576
40. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1592
1537
1501
1563
41. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1582
1524
1542
1506
42. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1529
1543
1571
1503
43. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1550
1507
1509
1538
44. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1536
1591
1549
1568
45. Hern
1500
1585
1521
1519
46. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1513
1572
1553
1521
47. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1518
1531
1536
1527
48. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1503
1585
1574
1596
49. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.
1567
1556
1521
1512
50. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1503
1556
1521
1514