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16th Century Timeline

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1. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






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






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






5. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






8. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






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10. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






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






17. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






18. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See






19. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






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






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






23. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






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






25. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






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






27. Catherine de' Medici instigates the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre which takes the lives of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny and thousands of Huguenots. The violence spreads from Paris to other cities and the countryside.






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






29. Spain repulses the English Armada.






30. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






31. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






32. 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.






33. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






34. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






35. Francis Drake circles the world.






36. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






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






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






39. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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






41. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






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






43. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






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






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46. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






48. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






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






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