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16th Century Timeline

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1. Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his general - Akechi Mitsuhide.






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3. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






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5. The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.






6. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






7. Guru Nanak The beginning and spreading of the 5th largest Religion in the World Sikhism.






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






9. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






10. Portuguese navigator Pedro






11. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






12. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






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






14. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






15. Amazon River is encountered and explored by Francisco de Orellana.






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






17. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland - Ismail I - the founder of Safavid dynasty - dead and Tahmasp I became king.






18. Affair of the Placards






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






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21. After heavy losses on both sides the Siege of Haarlem ends in a Spanish victory.






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






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






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






25. The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World occurs on the island of Hispaniola and decimates the native Ta






26. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






27. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






28. The Portuguese settle in Macau.






29. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






30. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






31. First reported African slaves in The New World






32. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






33. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






34. Drake's royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions - influences Philip II of Spain to build up the Spanish Armada. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.






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36. War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII is allied to the Emperor - while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.






37. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.






38. Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca - the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.






39. The Ottoman fleet of Kemal Reis defeats the Venetians at the Second Battle of Lepanto.






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. The Spanish-led Holy League navy destroys the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.






42. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






43. Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat the Muslim army at the Battle of Wayna Daga; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.






44. Mir Chakar Khan Rind died age of 97.






45. An Algerian military campaign by Charles V of Spain (Habsburg) is unsuccessful.






46. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






47. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






48. Spain repulses the English Armada.






49. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






50. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.