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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






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






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






8. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






9. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






10. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






11. The Polish






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






13. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






14. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






15. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






16. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






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






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






19. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






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






21. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






22. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






23. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






26. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.






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






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






29. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






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






32. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






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






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






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






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






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






38. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






39. Francis Drake circles the world.






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






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






42. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






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






44. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






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






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






47. Elizabeth Tudor becomes Queen Elizabeth I at age 25.






48. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






49. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






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