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16th Century Timeline

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1. Portuguese navigator Pedro






2. Spanish






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






4. Rising of the North in England.






5. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






6. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






7. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






8. Miguel L






9. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






11. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






12. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






14. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






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






16. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






17. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






18. 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.






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






20. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






21. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






22. Francis Drake circles the world.






23. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






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






25. 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






26. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






27. 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.






28. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






29. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






30. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






31. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






32. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






33. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






34. The Polish






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






36. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.






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






38. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






39. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






40. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






41. Spanish






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






43. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






44. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






45. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






46. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






47. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






49. Tom






50. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.