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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Miguel L






3. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






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






5. Affair of the Placards






6. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






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






8. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






9. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






11. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






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






14. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






15. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






16. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






17. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






18. Birth of Ren






19. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






21. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






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






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






25. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






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






28. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






30. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






31. Vasco N






32. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






34. 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.






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






36. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






37. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






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






39. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






40. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






41. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






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






43. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






45. Portuguese navigator Pedro






46. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






47. Hern






48. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






49. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






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







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