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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. Birth of Ren






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






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






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






9. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






10. 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.






11. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






12. The Polish






13. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






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






15. 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.






16. 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






17. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






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






19. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






20. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






21. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






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






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






24. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






25. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland - Ismail I - the founder of Safavid dynasty - dead and Tahmasp I became king.






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






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






28. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






29. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






31. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






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






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






34. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






35. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






36. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






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






39. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






40. Spanish






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






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






43. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






44. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.






45. First reported African slaves in The New World






46. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






48. Spanish






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






50. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal