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16th Century Timeline

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






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






4. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






5. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






6. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






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






9. Francisco Pizarro leads the Spanish conquest of theInca Empire.






10. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






11. 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.






12. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






14. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






15. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






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






17. The Polish






18. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






19. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.






20. Spanish conquistador Miguel L






21. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






22. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






24. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.






25. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






26. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






27. Battle of Sekigahara in Japan. End of the Warring States period and beginning of the Edo period.






28. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






29. Miguel L






30. England repulses the Spanish Armada.






31. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.






32. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






33. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.






34. Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.






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






36. The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.






37. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza






38. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






39. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






40. Imam Ahmad Gragn defeats the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II in the Battle of Shimbra Kure - the opening clash of the Ethiopian






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






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






43. Pope Gregory XIII issues the Gregorian calendar.






44. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






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






46. Portuguese navigator Pedro






47. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






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






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






50. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.