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16th Century Timeline
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1. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1503
1500
1574
1556
2. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1521
1506
1600
1513
3. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1567
1571
1547
1556
4. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1556
1598
1543
1571
5. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1542
1565
1551
1579
6. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1526
1515
1513
1555
7. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1531
1591
1575
1533
8. 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.
1542
1520
1506
1545
9. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.
1536
1584
1543
1529
10. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1547
1519
1576
1517
11. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1570
1555
1553
1563
12. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1541
1542
1501
1500
13. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.
1536
1517
1553
1560
14. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.
1585
1500
1500
1500
15. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1533
1518
1550
1588
16. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth
1519
1574
1533
1514
17. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1558
1553
1527
1562
18. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1552
1574
1556
1511
19. 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.
1544
1572
1547
1576
20. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.
1554
1513
1536
1562
21. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1501
1523
1565
1542
22. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1579
1537
1558
1569
23. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1556
1570
1573
1503
24. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1547
1520
1558
1523
25. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1532
1600
1571
1556
26. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians
1571
1600
1558
1550
27. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1571
1582
1531
1553
28. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1506
1554
1598
1512
29. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1501
1555
1541
1557
30. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.
1546
1555
1598
1569
31. 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.
1598
1519
1536
1524
32. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.
1549
1533
1504
1598
33. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
1548
1500
1565
1527
34. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1536
1553
1509
1512
35. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1537
1517
1534
1552
36. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1507
1503
1519
1529
37. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta
1519
1507
1555
1553
38. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.
1572
1542
1556
1535
39. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1519
1579
1547
1513
40. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1584
1541
1529
1556
41. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1562
1566
1565
1571
42. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1548
1558
1503
1521
43. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1560
1537
1556
1519
44. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.
1547
1574
1519
1558
45. 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.
1542
1520
1534
1541
46. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1598
1534
1559
1551
47. Tom
1572
1549
1585
1513
48. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1593
1553
1571
1556
49. Gonzalo Jim
1504
1538
1600
1527
50. Francis Drake circles the world.
1517
1567
1577
1596