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16th Century Timeline

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1. The reign of Abbas I marks the zenith of the Safavid dynasty.






2. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






3. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






4. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






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






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7. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






9. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






10. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






12. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






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






14. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






15. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






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






18. Francis Drake circles the world.






19. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






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22. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






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






24. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






25. First reported African slaves in The New World






26. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






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






28. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






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






30. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






31. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






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






33. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






34. The Nanban trade period begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan.






35. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






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






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






38. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






39. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






40. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






41. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






42. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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44. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






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






47. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






48. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






49. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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