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16th Century Timeline
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1. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.
1533
1547
1532
1576
2. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1576
1537
1547
1569
3. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1531
1521
1560
1531
4. Est
1559
1541
1547
1565
5. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1591
1548
1556
1526
6. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1519
1521
1503
1520
7. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.
1519
1536
1519
1547
8. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1572
1524
1527
1582
9. Spanish conquistador Miguel L
1545
1548
1537
1571
10. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1500
1553
1589
1564
11. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
1516
1529
1571
1566
12. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1571
1584
1580
1519
13. 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
1557
1556
1513
1536
14. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1589
1500
1547
1527
15. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu
1523
1531
1501
1535
16. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1506
1505
1558
1592
17. Elizabeth Tudor is born.
1527
1584
1560
1533
18. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1572
1500
1513
1550
19. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1582
1513
1555
1521
20. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
1519
1562
1538
1531
21. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.
1572
1548
1576
1565
22. 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.
1531
1566
1572
1518
23. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1558
1539
1543
1514
24. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.
1599
1533
1544
1541
25. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1526
1565
1578
1503
26. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1545
1516
1536
1514
27. Affair of the Placards
1571
1526
1534
1506
28. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1553
1551
1513
1545
29. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.
1575
1522
1598
1519
30. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.
1567
1589
1500
1519
31. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1514
1545
1543
1502
32. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.
1534
1577
1532
1503
33. Francis Drake circles the world.
1577
1572
1517
1537
34. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1588
1560
1591
1556
35. Hern
1519
1500
1513
1585
36. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1526
1513
1575
1539
37. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.
1589
1579
1548
1545
38. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.
1557
1525
1576
1598
39. Morisco Revolt in Spain.
1592
1534
1568
1560
40. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1542
1565
1547
1559
41. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1532
1598
1549
1600
42. Vasco N
1513
1502
1598
1575
43. 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.
1598
1520
1522
1506
44. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.
1503
1547
1577
1558
45. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1565
1543
1541
1509
46. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1589
1503
1600
1548
47. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.
1571
1546
1520
1589
48. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1541
1502
1598
1558
49. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1548
1518
1553
1502
50. 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
1584
1533
1547
1501