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16th Century Timeline
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1. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1568
1571
1569
1521
2. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1553
1513
1554
1556
3. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April
1564
1554
1543
1548
4. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.
1571
1541
1554
1507
5. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.
1504
1544
1558
1534
6. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.
1560
1584
1588
1546
7. Hern
1555
1519
1522
1541
8. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.
1571
1585
1519
1556
9. 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.
1547
1572
1579
1571
10. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1513
1506
1556
1573
11. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth
1531
1519
1506
1568
12. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza
1600
1591
1536
1567
13. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1541
1519
1511
1500
14. Francis Drake circles the world.
1560
1533
1577
1564
15. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat
1556
1571
1500
1502
16. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1585
1511
1512
1600
17. Tom
1541
1500
1549
1551
18. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1574
1549
1579
1545
19. Miguel L
1565
1500
1535
1542
20. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1550
1541
1570
1547
21. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1524
1504
1536
1582
22. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1503
1596
1509
1533
23. Gonzalo Jim
1513
1565
1571
1538
24. The French defeat an Imperial
1534
1544
1570
1504
25. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.
1538
1517
1513
1584
26. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1572
1600
1509
1539
27. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1548
1589
1537
1522
28. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1572
1532
1547
1570
29. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1513
1529
1521
1579
30. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1527
1551
1518
1549
31. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.
1519
1568
1512
1513
32. Galileo Galilei born on February 15
1587
1519
1524
1564
33. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1534
1584
1598
1513
34. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1567
1513
1503
1580
35. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1514
1517
1533
1551
36. Est
1565
1589
1567
1529
37. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu
1572
1582
1534
1571
38. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.
1545
1574
1562
1598
39. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1500
1539
1534
1553
40. 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.
1544
1580
1529
1560
41. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1598
1515
1557
1512
42. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.
1506
1547
1557
1529
43. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.
1512
1529
1519
1547
44. 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.
1544
1522
1536
1572
45. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1566
1563
1535
1558
46. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1565
1560
1541
1560
47. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1507
1556
1504
1519
48. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1546
1501
1519
1556
49. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1509
1501
1548
1522
50. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.
1525
1565
1519
1516