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16th Century Timeline

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1. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






3. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






4. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






6. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






8. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






9. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






11. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






12. 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.






13. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






14. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






16. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






18. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






19. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






20. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






22. 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






23. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






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






25. Francis Drake circles the world.






26. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






27. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






28. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






29. 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.






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






31. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






32. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






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






34. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






35. Affair of the Placards






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






37. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






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






40. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






41. 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.






42. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






43. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






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






45. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






46. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






47. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






48. The Polish






49. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






50. The Portuguese mariner Jorge