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16th Century Timeline
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1. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.
1587
1500
1512
1548
2. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1562
1598
1521
1538
3. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1571
1592
1567
1562
4. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.
1562
1572
1541
1563
5. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1519
1519
1506
1511
6. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1503
1598
1569
1513
7. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian
1559
1575
1565
1529
8. Tom
1521
1549
1529
1522
9. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1580
1537
1514
1527
10. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1557
1569
1567
1588
11. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1506
1513
1572
1600
12. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.
1531
1555
1509
1565
13. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1576
1553
1519
1579
14. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1503
1547
1545
1587
15. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal
1536
1558
1587
1537
16. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1541
1551
1514
1536
17. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1500
1598
1513
1513
18. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1582
1509
1589
1579
19. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1517
1568
1598
1556
20. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.
1571
1504
1548
1565
21. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1541
1505
1536
1548
22. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1548
1553
1560
1574
23. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1553
1519
1519
1552
24. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.
1544
1550
1578
1531
25. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1598
1582
1514
1571
26. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1512
1558
1582
1572
27. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.
1538
1502
1561
1552
28. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.
1521
1584
1562
1556
29. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.
1538
1562
1507
1574
30. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1571
1556
1570
1551
31. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.
1593
1555
1541
1558
32. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.
1531
1538
1591
1585
33. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.
1534
1526
1532
1547
34. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.
1506
1533
1571
1535
35. Miguel L
1544
1600
1504
1565
36. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1520
1548
1532
1547
37. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.
1549
1558
1503
1585
38. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.
1536
1562
1533
1532
39. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.
1506
1572
1598
1546
40. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu
1531
1599
1544
1519
41. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1562
1546
1566
1575
42. Spanish
1562
1513
1538
1522
43. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
1531
1541
1519
1570
44. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1519
1563
1543
1557
45. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1569
1521
1541
1565
46. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn
1562
1559
1599
1567
47. The Council of Trent meets for the first time in Trent.
1513
1545
1517
1566
48. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1500
1511
1567
1565
49. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1547
1515
1553
1541
50. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1519
1566
1562
1500
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