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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






11. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






12. 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.






13. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






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






16. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






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






18. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






20. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






21. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






22. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






24. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






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






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






27. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






28. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






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






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






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






32. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






33. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






34. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






36. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






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






38. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






39. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






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






41. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






42. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.






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






44. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






45. The Polish






46. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






47. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






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






49. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






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