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16th Century Timeline
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1. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.
1518
1556
1529
1596
2. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1585
1503
1514
1523
3. Est
1562
1565
1541
1552
4. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1519
1584
1592
1529
5. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1556
1557
1542
1536
6. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1543
1521
1529
1517
7. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1519
1514
1562
1503
8. Affair of the Placards
1534
1587
1571
1572
9. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan
1544
1562
1517
1503
10. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1547
1541
1500
1517
11. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.
1550
1556
1553
1582
12. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1516
1509
1556
1521
13. Est
1566
1560
1565
1539
14. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1564
1556
1572
1571
15. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1522
1592
1552
1598
16. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1572
1534
1541
1592
17. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1563
1525
1571
1555
18. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1534
1550
1560
1536
19. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1591
1554
1541
1547
20. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1596
1506
1513
1506
21. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1545
1544
1507
1598
22. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1513
1537
1541
1572
23. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1554
1500
1517
1556
24. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1500
1511
1563
1541
25. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1599
1571
1501
1565
26. Hern
1519
1500
1541
1556
27. Hern
1568
1541
1524
1519
28. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1569
1574
1571
1553
29. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1556
1578
1521
1564
30. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1571
1557
1515
1574
31. 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.
1582
1526
1542
1598
32. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1576
1580
1503
1537
33. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1565
1504
1539
1503
34. 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
1545
1589
1520
1556
35. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1548
1565
1529
1524
36. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1592
1500
1545
1554
37. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1512
1531
1545
1576
38. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1558
1563
1562
1506
39. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1529
1555
1557
1527
40. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1504
1541
1513
1513
41. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1538
1598
1591
1600
42. Affair of the Placards
1545
1565
1534
1569
43. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1515
1588
1571
1526
44. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April
1503
1534
1572
1564
45. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1566
1555
1526
1538
46. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.
1515
1555
1599
1573
47. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1579
1570
1565
1565
48. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1592
1600
1572
1533
49. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1521
1519
1539
1547
50. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1547
1520
1576
1556