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16th Century Timeline

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1. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






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3. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






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






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






14. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






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






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






18. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






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






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






21. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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






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






24. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






25. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






27. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






28. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






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






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






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






32. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






34. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






35. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






36. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






37. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






38. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






39. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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41. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






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






43. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






44. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






45. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






46. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






47. The French defeat an Imperial






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






49. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






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