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16th Century Timeline
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1. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1514
1501
1570
1526
2. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.
1578
1572
1521
1579
3. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1556
1541
1557
1558
4. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.
1536
1509
1549
1506
5. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.
1585
1564
1569
1571
6. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1534
1557
1560
1541
7. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1549
1557
1574
1537
8. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.
1571
1565
1525
1526
9. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1578
1525
1556
1600
10. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1511
1517
1575
1557
11. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.
1579
1524
1529
1566
12. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1572
1513
1500
1527
13. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1526
1551
1571
1545
14. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.
1505
1525
1572
1573
15. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1556
1545
1564
1527
16. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1551
1513
1519
1598
17. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.
1520
1573
1562
1582
18. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.
1561
1574
1545
1512
19. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1541
1553
1582
1548
20. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.
1537
1519
1544
1582
21. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1541
1556
1563
1598
22. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.
1506
1500
1571
1513
23. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).
1519
1513
1569
1503
24. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1500
1557
1550
1545
25. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1568
1541
1556
1560
26. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1579
1600
1512
1520
27. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1519
1593
1596
1588
28. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.
1517
1572
1599
1532
29. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.
1580
1547
1522
1532
30. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1558
1538
1519
1521
31. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1557
1558
1565
1559
32. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1565
1575
1541
1543
33. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1579
1561
1524
1521
34. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1556
1544
1569
1503
35. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1565
1538
1557
1566
36. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1517
1527
1515
1562
37. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1564
1556
1513
1548
38. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.
1537
1506
1544
1560
39. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1521
1571
1571
1565
40. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.
1547
1550
1579
1534
41. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1557
1502
1598
1558
42. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.
1562
1513
1558
1561
43. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1560
1520
1534
1503
44. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.
1572
1587
1557
1509
45. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1541
1556
1567
1600
46. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1600
1551
1509
1572
47. 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.
1580
1550
1587
1556
48. 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.
1519
1549
1513
1557
49. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1521
1556
1527
1558
50. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1600
1566
1511
1529