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16th Century Timeline

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1. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






2. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






3. 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.






4. Birth of Ren






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






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






7. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






8. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






10. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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12. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






13. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






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






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






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18. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






19. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






20. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






21. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






22. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






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






26. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.






27. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






28. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






29. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






30. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






32. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






34. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






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






37. Francis Drake circles the world.






38. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






39. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






40. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






41. The Polish






42. Rising of the North in England.






43. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






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






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






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






47. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






49. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






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