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16th Century Timeline
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1. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
1541
1531
1531
1520
2. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.
1522
1543
1552
1500
3. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1560
1514
1571
1598
4. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.
1541
1599
1529
1556
5. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1523
1531
1556
1534
6. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.
1579
1582
1580
1519
7. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1548
1558
1512
1565
8. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1529
1547
1600
1588
9. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1524
1587
1582
1533
10. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1555
1557
1548
1593
11. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1565
1565
1501
1567
12. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1526
1591
1582
1506
13. 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.
1580
1571
1538
1502
14. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1544
1545
1556
1591
15. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1537
1547
1553
1565
16. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1587
1573
1557
1545
17. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1504
1550
1565
1514
18. 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
1527
1556
1551
1577
19. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.
1565
1522
1556
1563
20. 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.
1574
1580
1526
1520
21. Tom
1548
1564
1558
1549
22. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.
1577
1513
1512
1571
23. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1513
1534
1562
1572
24. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.
1571
1515
1543
1519
25. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.
1570
1544
1556
1572
26. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1553
1500
1519
1572
27. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1549
1560
1512
1548
28. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1516
1500
1548
1572
29. Francis Drake circles the world.
1579
1520
1521
1577
30. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.
1534
1503
1572
1541
31. 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.
1572
1564
1524
1592
32. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.
1515
1533
1518
1501
33. Tom
1557
1549
1557
1543
34. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1513
1543
1557
1503
35. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1531
1557
1561
1541
36. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1593
1568
1564
1501
37. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
1567
1567
1523
1557
38. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1560
1589
1506
1588
39. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1520
1505
1547
1513
40. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1582
1527
1513
1575
41. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1556
1574
1545
1514
42. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1505
1593
1565
1536
43. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan
1521
1565
1503
1600
44. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1503
1533
1572
1516
45. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1529
1598
1559
1587
46. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.
1556
1500
1551
1517
47. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1536
1547
1558
1521
48. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1575
1555
1512
1571
49. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1509
1536
1547
1600
50. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.
1526
1518
1506
1529