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16th Century Timeline
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1. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1582
1501
1536
1555
2. Vasco N
1513
1549
1527
1541
3. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.
1519
1572
1558
1591
4. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.
1556
1591
1526
1576
5. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1556
1513
1537
1521
6. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1551
1572
1556
1533
7. King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo - resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.
1536
1531
1572
1506
8. Gonzalo Jim
1538
1591
1572
1525
9. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1527
1524
1567
1536
10. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.
1506
1600
1584
1501
11. Nostradamus was born on either December 14 - or December 21.
1509
1503
1521
1599
12. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan
1575
1548
1565
1560
13. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1572
1570
1509
1526
14. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1579
1548
1506
1556
15. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.
1568
1500
1598
1532
16. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.
1565
1571
1556
1531
17. Francis Drake circles the world.
1556
1521
1507
1577
18. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1500
1561
1509
1543
19. Morisco Revolt in Spain.
1536
1522
1568
1561
20. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1537
1516
1516
1511
21. Portuguese missionaries Jos
1516
1542
1554
1513
22. The M
1513
1501
1535
1534
23. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr
1559
1506
1557
1562
24. After 200 years - the Kingdom of England loses Calais to France.
1598
1554
1531
1558
25. Spanish navigator Vicente Y
1500
1572
1574
1580
26. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.
1557
1503
1531
1548
27. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1558
1591
1537
1557
28. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth
1512
1519
1572
1582
29. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.
1514
1554
1562
1511
30. Plague outbreak claimed 80000 people in Elizabethan England.In London alone - over 20000 people died of the disease.
1563
1564
1511
1503
31. Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.
1500
1550
1556
1557
32. Hern
1506
1519
1562
1501
33. Affair of the Placards
1527
1549
1500
1534
34. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1524
1552
1571
1566
35. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1523
1568
1593
1582
36. Portuguese navigator Pedro
1536
1512
1571
1500
37. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1513
1544
1532
1526
38. The Ottomans defeat the Mamluks and gain control of Egypt - Arabia - and the Levant.
1545
1589
1516
1537
39. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.
1534
1521
1513
1503
40. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.
1576
1501
1503
1511
41. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.
1533
1519
1558
1560
42. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1519
1574
1513
1544
43. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.
1547
1524
1515
1536
44. Georgius Agricola - the 'Father of Mineralogy' - publishes his De re metallica.
1543
1560
1558
1556
45. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.
1552
1535
1571
1529
46. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.
1501
1556
1542
1537
47. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.
1565
1514
1543
1579
48. Tom
1524
1529
1536
1549
49. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
1559
1525
1507
1556
50. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.
1562
1501
1514
1573