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16th Century Timeline
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1. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.
1505
1565
1517
1513
2. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh
1574
1507
1526
1537
3. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.
1556
1562
1539
1529
4. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.
1556
1514
1548
1591
5. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
1536
1587
1598
1600
6. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1556
1565
1575
1509
7. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.
1521
1554
1598
1555
8. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
1558
1571
1556
1558
9. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.
1514
1541
1572
1561
10. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.
1506
1566
1536
1598
11. 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.
1522
1572
1579
1547
12. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M
1513
1561
1531
1547
13. Foundation of Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza
1536
1550
1527
1500
14. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.
1574
1565
1558
1536
15. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.
1527
1571
1544
1513
16. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal
1507
1536
1592
1574
17. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.
1521
1568
1515
1565
18. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.
1598
1579
1513
1574
19. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.
1509
1506
1536
1513
20. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.
1568
1547
1572
1529
21. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.
1576
1536
1513
1557
22. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
1541
1534
1582
1509
23. Gonzalo Jim
1520
1538
1556
1519
24. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1512
1512
1593
1571
25. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.
1587
1513
1565
1598
26. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.
1558
1574
1600
1565
27. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.
1541
1519
1598
1568
28. Portuguese establishes Recife in Pernambuco - north-east of Brazil.
1537
1543
1541
1533
29. The Portuguese mariner Jorge
1560
1592
1527
1513
30. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.
1568
1596
1567
1598
31. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April
1598
1564
1541
1580
32. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.
1560
1536
1582
1536
33. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
1551
1541
1531
1500
34. England repulses the Spanish Armada.
1541
1588
1509
1567
35. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.
1519
1554
1557
1556
36. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu
1582
1517
1531
1521
37. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
1576
1519
1525
1520
38. The Portuguese settle in Macau.
1562
1557
1552
1527
39. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).
1565
1587
1551
1534
40. Hern
1532
1529
1519
1506
41. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
1556
1547
1565
1571
42. The Polish
1503
1529
1569
1568
43. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.
1525
1556
1538
1582
44. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.
1519
1506
1571
1564
45. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.
1547
1529
1520
1593
46. 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.
1574
1519
1547
1560
47. The 'great plague' afflicts various parts of Tudor England.
1571
1509
1579
1573
48. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
1585
1517
1519
1503
49. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.
1529
1534
1578
1571
50. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium
1579
1504
1558
1538