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16th Century Timeline

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






2. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






3. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






4. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






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






6. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






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






8. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






9. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






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






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






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






14. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






15. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






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






17. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






18. The French defeat an Imperial






19. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






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






21. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






22. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






23. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






25. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






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






27. 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.






28. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






29. Spanish






30. Catherine de' Medici instigates the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre which takes the lives of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny and thousands of Huguenots. The violence spreads from Paris to other cities and the countryside.






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






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






33. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






34. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






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






36. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






38. Birth of Ren






39. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






41. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






42. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






43. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






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






45. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






46. The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia - sent by the Portuguese - arrives at Massawa 9 April - and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa 9 October.






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






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






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






50. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan