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16th Century Timeline
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1. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1543
1529
1514
1539
2. Miguel L
1565
1521
1558
1504
3. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1500
1562
1598
1547
4. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1556
1571
1506
1558
5. Affair of the Placards
1555
1534
1565
1545
6. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1509
1571
1556
1513
7. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1541
1585
1565
1507
8. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1506
1519
1552
1519
9. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.
1509
1534
1536
1575
10. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1568
1512
1513
1557
11. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1571
1572
1553
1513
12. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.
1519
1564
1514
1512
13. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu
1531
1592
1569
1565
14. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1513
1571
1535
1564
15. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1500
1563
1562
1537
16. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1517
1579
1578
1565
17. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1513
1552
1517
1561
18. Birth of Ren
1519
1596
1562
1509
19. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1506
1572
1514
1536
20. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1587
1560
1549
1506
21. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1568
1513
1560
1521
22. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1501
1519
1541
1544
23. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1503
1564
1592
1541
24. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1527
1531
1543
1573
25. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April
1529
1576
1500
1564
26. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1572
1535
1521
1529
27. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.
1557
1547
1571
1582
28. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1513
1556
1557
1576
29. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1596
1548
1537
1560
30. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1568
1541
1561
1531
31. Vasco N
1527
1513
1585
1556
32. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1559
1537
1524
1568
33. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1577
1571
1500
1538
34. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.
1543
1548
1599
1544
35. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan
1503
1517
1562
1536
36. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1506
1500
1599
1558
37. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1503
1531
1556
1500
38. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1562
1537
1521
1524
39. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1541
1512
1561
1553
40. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1567
1522
1548
1534
41. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth
1536
1525
1568
1519
42. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1505
1579
1500
1570
43. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians
1503
1559
1550
1500
44. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.
1517
1558
1593
1543
45. Portuguese navigator Pedro
1556
1565
1500
1564
46. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.
1503
1517
1556
1519
47. Hern
1541
1565
1519
1569
48. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1513
1516
1502
1552
49. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.
1519
1506
1600
1600
50. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.
1521
1585
1536
1538
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