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16th Century Timeline

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1. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






2. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






3. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






4. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






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






6. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






8. 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.






9. Gonzalo Jim






10. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






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






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






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






14. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






15. 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






16. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






17. Spanish






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






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






20. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






21. Vasco N






22. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






23. Affair of the Placards






24. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






25. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






27. Francis Drake circles the world.






28. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






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






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






31. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






32. Affair of the Placards






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






34. Portuguese navigator Pedro






35. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






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






38. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






39. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






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






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






42. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






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






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






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






46. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






47. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






48. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






50. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani