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16th Century Timeline

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1. 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






2. Birth of Ren






3. Rising of the North in England.






4. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






6. The M






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






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






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






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






11. The Polish






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






13. Est






14. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






15. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






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






17. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






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






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






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






21. Spanish






22. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






23. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






24. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






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






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






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






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






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






30. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






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






33. The M






34. The Polish






35. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






36. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






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






39. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






42. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






43. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






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






45. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






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






48. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






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






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







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