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16th Century Timeline
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1. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1509
1506
1565
1547
2. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians
1556
1503
1550
1511
3. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1587
1531
1539
1556
4. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1541
1582
1553
1500
5. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1572
1521
1517
1546
6. 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.
1512
1500
1517
1580
7. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1503
1556
1526
1550
8. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1592
1533
1558
1506
9. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1503
1565
1556
1509
10. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1500
1503
1524
1505
11. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1531
1556
1507
1513
12. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1559
1547
1591
1556
13. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.
1503
1565
1543
1519
14. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1565
1568
1506
1569
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.
1537
1507
1517
1520
16. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1596
1566
1565
1556
17. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1536
1559
1569
1558
18. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1580
1569
1553
1517
19. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
1574
1538
1593
1571
20. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1514
1584
1514
1570
21. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1556
1574
1547
1500
22. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1527
1503
1573
1501
23. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1556
1503
1529
1572
24. 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.
1564
1500
1513
1519
25. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1500
1582
1557
1550
26. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1565
1509
1513
1569
27. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1544
1575
1556
1533
28. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1503
1565
1560
1556
29. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1549
1600
1529
1565
30. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1591
1534
1578
1562
31. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.
1558
1513
1514
1571
32. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn
1599
1557
1513
1541
33. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1500
1591
1500
1521
34. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1572
1503
1575
1529
35. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1512
1552
1596
1520
36. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1565
1592
1512
1521
37. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1585
1556
1527
1593
38. Est
1565
1526
1512
1571
39. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1529
1565
1519
1584
40. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1574
1598
1557
1553
41. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1521
1556
1500
1542
42. First reported African slaves in The New World
1552
1502
1503
1536
43. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1500
1506
1564
1598
44. 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
1520
1600
1579
1556
45. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1506
1511
1577
1541
46. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1547
1520
1537
1525
47. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1503
1519
1562
1562
48. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1592
1512
1525
1500
49. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.
1587
1506
1560
1512
50. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1526
1546
1578
1557