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16th Century Timeline

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1. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






3. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






4. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






5. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






6. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






7. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






9. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






10. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






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






13. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






14. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






15. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






16. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






17. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






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






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






21. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






22. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






24. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






25. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






26. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






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






28. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






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






31. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






32. 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.






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






35. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






37. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






38. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






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






40. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






41. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






42. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






43. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






45. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






46. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






47. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






48. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






49. 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.






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