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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






5. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






7. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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9. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






11. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






12. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






13. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






14. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






15. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






16. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






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






21. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






22. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






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






25. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






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






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






33. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






34. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






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






36. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






37. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






39. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






40. 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.






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






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






44. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






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






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






48. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






50. The Portuguese settle in Macau.