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16th Century Timeline

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1. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






2. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






6. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






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






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






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






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






11. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






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






15. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






16. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






17. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






18. 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.






19. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






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






22. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






23. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






24. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






25. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






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






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






28. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






30. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






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






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






33. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






34. First reported African slaves in The New World






35. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






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






37. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






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






39. The French defeat an Imperial






40. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






41. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






42. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






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






44. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






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






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






48. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






49. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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