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16th Century Timeline
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1. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1572
1591
1567
1513
2. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1526
1525
1506
1544
3. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1513
1556
1504
1558
4. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.
1513
1519
1526
1551
5. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.
1501
1506
1501
1544
6. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1532
1500
1569
1516
7. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1539
1556
1574
1504
8. 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.
1566
1558
1580
1516
9. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1536
1556
1520
1503
10. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1587
1533
1513
1547
11. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1571
1565
1517
1500
12. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1549
1591
1547
1565
13. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1572
1524
1592
1501
14. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1589
1567
1582
1519
15. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1565
1571
1596
1600
16. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1513
1519
1570
1507
17. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.
1574
1547
1514
1573
18. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1534
1512
1564
1565
19. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1519
1545
1546
1552
20. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1589
1541
1572
1526
21. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1576
1541
1580
1574
22. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1531
1522
1550
1592
23. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1547
1554
1537
1557
24. First reported African slaves in The New World
1500
1541
1519
1502
25. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1559
1582
1543
1533
26. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1543
1547
1521
1558
27. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1584
1541
1519
1527
28. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1596
1557
1529
1503
29. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal
1567
1571
1600
1536
30. Affair of the Placards
1545
1556
1557
1534
31. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1557
1502
1579
1577
32. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1506
1556
1529
1558
33. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1575
1574
1567
1547
34. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1519
1571
1547
1536
35. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1589
1543
1519
1536
36. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
1582
1565
1592
1571
37. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1547
1563
1503
1598
38. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1556
1519
1542
1593
39. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza
1536
1548
1526
1547
40. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1544
1556
1589
1560
41. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1526
1598
1539
1523
42. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1556
1579
1557
1517
43. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1556
1503
1552
1598
44. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1541
1582
1576
1568
45. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1576
1572
1553
1556
46. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1565
1521
1569
1503
47. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1556
1571
1593
1509
48. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1536
1527
1588
1547
49. Francis Drake circles the world.
1543
1553
1582
1577
50. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1501
1560
1576
1519