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16th Century Timeline

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1. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






4. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






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






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






7. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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9. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






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






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






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






13. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






15. Affair of the Placards






16. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






17. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






18. Rising of the North in England.






19. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






20. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.






21. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






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






23. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






25. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






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






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






28. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






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






30. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






31. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






32. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






33. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






35. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.






36. The French defeat an Imperial






37. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






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40. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






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. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






43. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






44. Affair of the Placards






45. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






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






47. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






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






49. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






50. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.