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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






4. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






5. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






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






7. 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.






8. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






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






10. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






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






12. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






13. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






14. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






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






16. 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.






17. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






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






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






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






21. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






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






23. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






24. 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.






25. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






26. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






28. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






29. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






30. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






32. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






33. Est






34. Vasco N






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






36. First reported African slaves in The New World






37. Birth of Ren






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






39. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






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






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






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






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






45. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






46. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






48. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






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






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