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16th Century Timeline

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2. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






3. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






4. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






5. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






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






8. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






9. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






10. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






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12. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






13. Spain repulses the English Armada.






14. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






15. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






16. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






18. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






19. Birth of Ren






20. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






21. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






22. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






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






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






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






27. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






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






29. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






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






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






32. First reported African slaves in The New World






33. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






34. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






35. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






36. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






37. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






38. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






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






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






41. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






42. 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.






43. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






50. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.