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16th Century Timeline

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






2. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






3. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






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






5. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See






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






7. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






8. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






9. Rising of the North in England.






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






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






13. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






14. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






15. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






16. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






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






18. 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.






19. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






20. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






23. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






24. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






25. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






26. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






27. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






28. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






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






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






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






32. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






34. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






36. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






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






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






41. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






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






43. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






46. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






47. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






48. 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.






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






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