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16th Century Timeline

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1. 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






2. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






3. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






4. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






5. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






6. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






7. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






8. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






9. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






10. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






11. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






12. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






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






14. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






15. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.






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






17. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






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






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






20. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






21. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






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






23. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.






24. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






25. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






26. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






27. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






28. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






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






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






32. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






33. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






34. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






35. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






36. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






37. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






38. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






39. Russia conquers the Astrakhan Khanate.






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






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






42. The Polish






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






44. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






45. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






46. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.






47. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






48. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






49. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






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