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16th Century Timeline

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1. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






2. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






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






4. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






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






6. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






8. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






9. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






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






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






14. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






15. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






17. Portuguese navigator Pedro






18. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






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






20. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






21. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






22. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






23. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






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25. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






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






27. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






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






30. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






31. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






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






33. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






34. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






35. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






36. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






37. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






38. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






39. The French defeat an Imperial






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






42. Rising of the North in England.






43. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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







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