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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






5. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






6. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






7. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






8. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






9. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






10. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






11. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






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13. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






14. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






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






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






17. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






18. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






19. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






20. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






21. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






22. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






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






24. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






25. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






26. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






27. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






28. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






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






30. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






31. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






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34. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






35. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






36. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






37. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






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






39. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






40. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland - Ismail I - the founder of Safavid dynasty - dead and Tahmasp I became king.






41. 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.






42. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






43. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






44. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






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46. 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






47. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






48. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






49. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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