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16th Century Timeline
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1. Birth of Ren
1556
1596
1521
1501
2. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1542
1554
1578
1598
3. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.
1511
1544
1518
1503
4. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1560
1592
1500
1596
5. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.
1503
1521
1526
1506
6. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1556
1536
1541
1506
7. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1519
1556
1520
1568
8. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1544
1580
1513
1512
9. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1579
1521
1546
1516
10. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1588
1570
1598
1567
11. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1598
1523
1591
1536
12. Spanish
1598
1543
1538
1541
13. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1520
1503
1502
1565
14. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1592
1526
1532
1576
15. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1520
1524
1557
1505
16. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1541
1600
1538
1526
17. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1541
1574
1533
1558
18. 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.
1557
1550
1500
1572
19. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1571
1582
1513
1553
20. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.
1565
1519
1572
1513
21. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1500
1514
1533
1531
22. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1516
1565
1565
1553
23. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1531
1513
1555
1560
24. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1544
1579
1519
1501
25. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1538
1543
1543
1512
26. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1565
1519
1504
1541
27. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal
1519
1536
1563
1556
28. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).
1519
1544
1504
1576
29. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April
1526
1564
1562
1537
30. Affair of the Placards
1534
1553
1560
1556
31. 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
1503
1556
1555
1521
32. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1557
1557
1556
1588
33. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1500
1506
1520
1591
34. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1538
1572
1549
1512
35. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1503
1541
1592
1575
36. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1519
1571
1572
1531
37. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1521
1571
1547
1503
38. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.
1547
1517
1559
1532
39. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1549
1514
1565
1568
40. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1566
1519
1552
1543
41. 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.
1582
1555
1548
1543
42. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.
1575
1517
1500
1573
43. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.
1537
1526
1521
1542
44. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1543
1536
1591
1582
45. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1500
1557
1591
1575
46. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1556
1519
1567
1562
47. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1547
1557
1522
1596
48. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1509
1579
1543
1529
49. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1563
1527
1519
1558
50. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1517
1569
1571
1547
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