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16th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






4. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






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






7. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






8. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






9. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






11. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






17. The M






18. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






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






20. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.






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






22. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






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






24. Affair of the Placards






25. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






26. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






27. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






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






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






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






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






32. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






33. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






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






35. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






37. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






38. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






39. 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






40. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






42. 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.






43. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






44. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






45. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






47. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






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






49. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






50. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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