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16th Century Timeline

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1. Affair of the Placards






2. Portuguese missionaries Jos






3. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






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






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






7. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






8. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






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






10. 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.






11. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






13. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






14. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






15. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






16. Rising of the North in England.






17. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






18. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






19. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






20. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






21. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






22. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






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






24. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






25. 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.






26. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Hern






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






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






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






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






37. Vasco N






38. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






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






40. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






41. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






44. 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.






45. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






47. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






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






49. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






50. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.







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