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16th Century Timeline

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1. The Polish






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






3. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






4. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






5. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






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






8. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






9. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






10. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






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






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






14. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






27. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






28. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






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






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






32. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






33. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






34. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






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






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






37. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






38. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






39. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






41. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






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






43. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






47. The French defeat an Imperial






48. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






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