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16th Century Timeline

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






2. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






3. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






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






5. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






6. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






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






8. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






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






11. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






12. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






13. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






14. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






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






17. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






18. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






19. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






20. The Polish






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






22. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






23. Birth of Ren






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






25. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






27. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






28. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






29. 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.






30. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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






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






33. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






35. 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.






36. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






37. Francis Drake circles the world.






38. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






39. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






40. The Polish






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






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






43. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






44. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






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






46. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






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






48. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






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






50. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.