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16th Century Timeline
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1. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1560
1571
1506
1573
2. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.
1556
1519
1533
1572
3. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.
1549
1518
1564
1587
4. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1579
1551
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1504
5. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1564
1515
1562
1501
6. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.
1544
1552
1556
1541
7. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1552
1598
1571
1514
8. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1561
1514
1562
1588
9. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1523
1527
1526
1550
10. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1535
1556
1571
1500
11. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1552
1502
1600
1592
12. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1560
1526
1529
1519
13. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1529
1513
1531
1592
14. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1571
1509
1513
1551
15. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1512
1519
1514
1543
16. 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.
1570
1519
1596
1548
17. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1571
1519
1529
1593
18. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1555
1524
1519
1519
19. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1565
1580
1562
1536
20. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.
1570
1574
1536
1600
21. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1500
1513
1591
1559
22. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1556
1506
1500
1564
23. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1513
1556
1574
1584
24. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1542
1572
1562
1571
25. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1598
1547
1558
1513
26. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1503
1501
1577
1562
27. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.
1599
1521
1561
1501
28. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1558
1519
1556
1569
29. Tom
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1587
1518
1549
30. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1562
1575
1576
1598
31. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan
1545
1537
1503
1547
32. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1519
1591
1578
1558
33. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1543
1556
1598
1537
34. Rising of the North in England.
1565
1572
1545
1569
35. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1545
1555
1526
1521
36. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).
1519
1532
1556
1538
37. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1567
1533
1565
1593
38. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.
1556
1529
1519
1571
39. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1572
1521
1529
1571
40. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1570
1558
1575
1571
41. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn
1599
1562
1580
1520
42. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.
1577
1544
1547
1551
43. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1513
1524
1548
1541
44. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1519
1565
1536
1506
45. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.
1574
1557
1513
1521
46. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1598
1524
1556
1568
47. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1565
1534
1541
1572
48. First reported African slaves in The New World
1598
1557
1549
1502
49. Vasco N
1502
1513
1519
1564
50. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.
1556
1582
1549
1502