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16th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






4. 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.






5. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






6. 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.






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






8. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






9. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






10. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






12. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






15. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






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






17. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






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






19. Birth of Ren






20. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






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






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






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






24. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






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






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






27. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






28. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






29. Spain repulses the English Armada.






30. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






32. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






34. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






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






37. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






38. Spanish






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






40. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






41. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






42. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






43. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






44. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






45. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






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






48. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






49. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






50. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.