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16th Century Timeline

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1. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






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






3. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






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






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






6. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






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






8. Spain repulses the English Armada.






9. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






10. The French defeat an Imperial






11. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






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






15. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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18. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






20. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






21. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






22. First reported African slaves in The New World






23. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






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






25. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






26. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.






27. Birth of Ren






28. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.






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






30. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






32. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






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






35. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






36. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






37. 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.






38. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






39. 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.






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






41. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






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






43. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






44. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.