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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






12. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






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






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






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






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






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19. 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






20. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






21. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






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






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






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






26. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






27. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






28. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






29. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






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






31. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






32. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






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






34. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






35. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






37. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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40. 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.






41. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






43. 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.






44. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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