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16th Century Timeline

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1. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






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






3. 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.






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






5. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






6. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






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






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






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






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






11. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






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






13. Affair of the Placards






14. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






15. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.






16. 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.






17. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






18. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






19. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






20. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






21. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






22. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






23. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






24. 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.






25. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






26. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






27. Gonzalo Jim






28. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






29. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






30. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






31. Tom






32. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






33. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






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






35. 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.






36. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






37. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






38. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






39. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






41. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






42. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






44. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






46. Portuguese navigator Pedro






47. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






48. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






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