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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Hern






3. 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.






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






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






6. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






7. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






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






9. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






10. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.






11. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






12. Portuguese navigator Pedro






13. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






14. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






16. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






17. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






18. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






19. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






20. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






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






22. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






23. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






25. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






26. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






27. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






28. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






29. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






30. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






32. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






34. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






35. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






36. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






38. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






40. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






41. Birth of Ren






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






43. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






44. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






45. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






46. Affair of the Placards






47. 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






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






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






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







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