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16th Century Timeline
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1. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1541
1529
1553
1562
2. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.
1513
1541
1503
1506
3. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1513
1500
1545
1578
4. Tom
1501
1574
1541
1549
5. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn
1547
1592
1599
1509
6. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1589
1537
1588
1575
7. Affair of the Placards
1582
1534
1599
1560
8. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1556
1551
1561
1525
9. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1516
1547
1536
1554
10. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1537
1550
1500
1507
11. The M
1532
1560
1542
1535
12. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1565
1553
1551
1526
13. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1576
1568
1557
1547
14. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1592
1565
1556
1525
15. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1592
1506
1568
1536
16. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1548
1521
1577
1565
17. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1558
1580
1572
1584
18. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1526
1519
1598
1553
19. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1564
1571
1556
1513
20. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1544
1547
1557
1504
21. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1560
1517
1557
1543
22. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1512
1566
1559
1519
23. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1547
1560
1534
1529
24. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1574
1560
1520
1549
25. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1551
1503
1593
1534
26. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.
1565
1559
1550
1568
27. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.
1507
1521
1567
1556
28. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1513
1514
1562
1598
29. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1536
1541
1582
1538
30. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.
1521
1547
1519
1562
31. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1561
1516
1560
1568
32. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1556
1541
1547
1587
33. Affair of the Placards
1544
1536
1534
1556
34. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1513
1580
1521
1557
35. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1512
1563
1503
1565
36. The Polish
1569
1549
1504
1572
37. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.
1521
1561
1533
1537
38. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1512
1560
1539
1600
39. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1561
1543
1556
1547
40. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1501
1556
1525
1574
41. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1501
1526
1543
1547
42. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1573
1541
1564
1571
43. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1559
1564
1522
1541
44. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1560
1553
1517
1513
45. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth
1564
1580
1500
1519
46. First reported African slaves in The New World
1580
1502
1544
1519
47. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1575
1512
1513
1557
48. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1567
1521
1524
1519
49. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.
1573
1566
1542
1505
50. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1559
1579
1521
1547