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16th Century Timeline

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






7. First reported African slaves in The New World






8. 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.






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






10. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






11. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






12. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






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






14. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






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






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18. 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.






19. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






20. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






21. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






22. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






23. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






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






25. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






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






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






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






29. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






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






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35. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






36. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






37. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






38. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






39. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






40. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






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






42. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






43. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






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






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






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






47. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






48. First reported African slaves in The New World






49. 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.






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