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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






3. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






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






5. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






6. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






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






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






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






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






11. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






12. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






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






14. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






15. 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.






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






17. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






18. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






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






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






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






22. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






23. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






24. 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.






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. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






27. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






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






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






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






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






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






33. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






35. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






37. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






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39. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






40. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






42. First reported African slaves in The New World






43. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






44. 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






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






46. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






47. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






48. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






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






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