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16th Century Timeline

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1. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






2. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






3. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






4. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






5. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






6. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






7. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






8. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






9. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






10. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






11. Spanish






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






13. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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






16. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






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






18. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.






19. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






20. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






21. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






22. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






24. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






25. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






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






28. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






29. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






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






31. Spain repulses the English Armada.






32. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






33. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






34. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






35. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






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






37. Affair of the Placards






38. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






40. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






42. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






44. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






45. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






46. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






47. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






48. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






49. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






50. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.