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16th Century Timeline

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1. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






3. First reported African slaves in The New World






4. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






5. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.






6. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






7. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






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






10. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






11. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






12. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






13. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






14. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






15. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






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24. 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






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






26. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The French defeat an Imperial






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






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






37. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






38. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






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






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






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






43. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






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






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






46. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






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






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






49. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






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







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