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16th Century Timeline

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1. Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland on 28 January and is crowned on 20 February at the age of 9.






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






3. Spain unifies with Portugal under Philip II. The struggle for the throne of Portugal ends the Portuguese Empire. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are united for 60 years - i.e. until 1640.






4. The Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion.






5. Mughal Empire - founded by Babur - rulesIndia until 1857.






6. Spanish conquistadores apprehend the lastInca leader Tupak Amaru at Vilcabamba - Peru - and execute him in Cuzco.






7. The Union of Utrecht unifies the northern Netherlands - a foundation for the later Dutch Republic.






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






9. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






10. Livonian War between Poland - Grand Principality of Lithuania - Sweden - Denmark and Russia.






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






12. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






13. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






14. AmericanIndians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown - Virginia.






15. Poland is invaded by Tatars from the Crimean Khanate.






16. Spain defeats France at the Battle of Cerignola. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.






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






19. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






20. German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.






21. Pomponio Algerio - radical theologian - is executed by boiling in oil as part of the Roman inquisition.






22. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






23. 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.






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






25. Spain repulses the English Armada.






26. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






27. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






28. Mir Chakar Khan Rind leaves Baluchistan and settled in Punjab.






29. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






30. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






31. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes at May 2.






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






33. Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.






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






35. Yermak Timofeyevich conquers the Siberia Khanate on behalf of the Stroganovs.






36. After the Siege of Antwerp - many of its merchants flee to Amsterdam.According to Luc-Normand Tellier - 'At its peak - between 1510 and 1557 - Antwerp concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning th






37. Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V - Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556).






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






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






40. John Stow reports 10 -675 plague deaths in London - a city of approximately 200000 people.






41. Copernicus writes Commentariolus - and moves the sun to the center of the solar system.






42. Akbar the Great defeats the Sultan of Bengal at the Second battle of Panipat






43. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






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






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






46. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






47. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






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






49. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






50. Safavid dynasty reunified Iran and ruled over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam.