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16th Century Timeline

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1. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






2. 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.






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






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






7. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






8. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






9. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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






11. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






12. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






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






14. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






15. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






17. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






18. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






20. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






21. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






22. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






23. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






24. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






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






26. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






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






28. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.






29. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






30. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






31. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






33. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See






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






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






36. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






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






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






41. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






42. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






43. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






44. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






45. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






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






47. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






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






49. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






50. The Portuguese mariner Jorge