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16th Century Timeline
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1. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.
1545
1503
1538
1529
2. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1598
1587
1569
1558
3. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
1547
1600
1543
1598
4. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1574
1501
1547
1576
5. Rising of the North in England.
1569
1600
1503
1521
6. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.
1572
1506
1534
1562
7. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.
1599
1521
1553
1533
8. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1552
1513
1529
1534
9. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.
1565
1521
1519
1588
10. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
1600
1519
1571
1575
11. Est
1513
1517
1579
1565
12. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.
1507
1598
1519
1589
13. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
1514
1567
1574
1585
14. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1589
1513
1561
1571
15. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
1568
1548
1516
1557
16. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.
1553
1574
1556
1526
17. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1555
1585
1556
1568
18. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.
1579
1517
1541
1560
19. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
1515
1533
1521
1554
20. In Mali - Moroccan forces of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire at the Battle of Tondibi.
1570
1592
1582
1591
21. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.
1551
1585
1571
1572
22. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.
1547
1572
1553
1500
23. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1500
1537
1515
1574
24. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.
1562
1533
1529
1598
25. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1565
1515
1556
1561
26. Spain repulses the English Armada.
1600
1533
1509
1589
27. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.
1532
1521
1574
1592
28. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1600
1559
1585
1501
29. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.
1558
1523
1536
1600
30. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.
1534
1521
1587
1562
31. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy
1524
1562
1541
1513
32. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.
1545
1558
1565
1532
33. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1538
1565
1509
1573
34. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1501
1564
1571
1519
35. Hern
1513
1569
1543
1519
36. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1543
1565
1541
1534
37. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1512
1541
1565
1548
38. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.
1523
1521
1537
1591
39. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1539
1520
1574
1533
40. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1582
1547
1500
1580
41. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1585
1600
1557
1504
42. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.
1568
1518
1548
1532
43. Est
1565
1543
1575
1519
44. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.
1582
1592
1560
1572
45. 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.
1600
1503
1572
1501
46. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1584
1541
1500
1505
47. 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.
1563
1520
1523
1572
48. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1556
1576
1579
1513
49. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.
1527
1571
1513
1574
50. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.
1562
1587
1557
1565