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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






5. 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.






6. Spain repulses the English Armada.






7. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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9. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






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






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






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






13. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.






14. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






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






16. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






18. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






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






20. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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






23. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






24. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






25. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.






26. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






27. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






28. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.






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






37. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






38. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






40. Wang Yangming - the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province - describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji - a breech-loading Portuguese culverin - in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao.






41. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






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






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






44. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






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






46. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






47. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






48. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






49. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






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






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