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16th Century Timeline
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1. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1548
1579
1575
1500
2. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1524
1547
1585
1598
3. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1537
1593
1531
1514
4. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1569
1584
1537
1579
5. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1551
1507
1560
1553
6. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1562
1520
1600
1500
7. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).
1519
1514
1521
1584
8. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.
1536
1557
1531
1587
9. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1571
1547
1588
1565
10. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.
1536
1579
1535
1546
11. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.
1564
1514
1512
1534
12. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1511
1598
1550
1506
13. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1598
1588
1519
1524
14. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1500
1560
1541
1547
15. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.
1507
1513
1565
1560
16. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1521
1502
1600
1568
17. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1500
1556
1547
1525
18. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1549
1598
1556
1503
19. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1558
1572
1541
1521
20. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza
1582
1536
1520
1579
21. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1531
1527
1518
1533
22. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1600
1519
1588
1550
23. First reported African slaves in The New World
1514
1568
1565
1502
24. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1541
1519
1556
1506
25. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1544
1537
1565
1557
26. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.
1576
1561
1553
1526
27. Vasco N
1513
1524
1561
1547
28. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.
1534
1511
1539
1552
29. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.
1562
1542
1541
1533
30. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.
1529
1513
1582
1529
31. 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.
1549
1567
1564
1572
32. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1552
1509
1591
1582
33. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1532
1587
1515
1541
34. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1537
1565
1591
1506
35. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
1556
1541
1587
1527
36. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1552
1503
1575
1534
37. 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.
1562
1520
1524
1556
38. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1541
1550
1571
1517
39. 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.
1564
1546
1520
1596
40. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.
1559
1576
1580
1572
41. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1565
1582
1521
1564
42. Morisco Revolt in Spain.
1500
1556
1531
1568
43. Rising of the North in England.
1569
1572
1600
1579
44. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1573
1572
1509
1571
45. Portuguese navigator Pedro
1503
1500
1519
1556
46. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1568
1576
1573
1529
47. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.
1503
1521
1507
1565
48. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1533
1556
1572
1531
49. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1556
1565
1500
1507
50. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1582
1556
1523
1534
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