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16th Century Timeline

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1. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






2. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






3. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






4. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






5. Spain repulses the English Armada.






6. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






9. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






10. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






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






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






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






14. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






15. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






17. 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.






18. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






19. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






20. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






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






22. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






24. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






25. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






26. First reported African slaves in The New World






27. Portuguese navigator Pedro






28. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






30. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






32. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






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






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






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






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






37. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






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






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






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






42. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






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