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16th Century Timeline
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1. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1538
1536
1557
1533
2. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1565
1534
1558
1537
3. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1576
1569
1557
1534
4. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1571
1572
1547
1570
5. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1598
1573
1529
1571
6. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.
1537
1576
1543
1562
7. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1543
1536
1503
1506
8. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.
1544
1514
1534
1520
9. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1572
1547
1521
1593
10. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1562
1565
1547
1503
11. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1520
1565
1541
1566
12. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1526
1554
1522
1533
13. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1570
1547
1551
1533
14. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.
1547
1556
1544
1567
15. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1541
1557
1558
1513
16. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1556
1557
1522
1551
17. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.
1532
1506
1566
1513
18. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1536
1572
1516
1574
19. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1561
1513
1567
1536
20. Francis Drake circles the world.
1577
1512
1568
1551
21. Hern
1551
1520
1522
1519
22. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1541
1538
1515
1520
23. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1556
1549
1600
1591
24. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1599
1565
1560
1563
25. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1600
1516
1509
1564
26. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1558
1572
1547
1600
27. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1513
1582
1513
1564
28. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1525
1554
1526
1544
29. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1509
1500
1598
1572
30. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan
1547
1521
1567
1503
31. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1536
1567
1519
1600
32. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1509
1560
1501
1561
33. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1514
1560
1544
1534
34. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1588
1547
1500
1562
35. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1533
1536
1560
1547
36. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1523
1565
1582
1600
37. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1513
1589
1600
1554
38. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.
1500
1513
1580
1556
39. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1591
1500
1534
1519
40. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April
1548
1564
1593
1559
41. Portuguese navigator Pedro
1531
1514
1541
1500
42. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1570
1557
1568
1538
43. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1520
1548
1587
1553
44. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1538
1598
1573
1571
45. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1575
1506
1524
1539
46. Vasco N
1556
1573
1522
1513
47. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1571
1531
1544
1562
48. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1514
1551
1502
1513
49. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1553
1559
1519
1547
50. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1517
1534
1574
1600