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16th Century Timeline

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1. 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.






2. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






4. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






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






7. The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade.






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






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






11. Henry VIII dies in the Palace of Whitehall on 28 January at the age of 55.






12. Battle of Uedahara - Firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan - and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.






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14. After building fortifications at Tuen Mun - the Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China - but are expelled by Chinese naval forces.






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16. Mughal leader Akbar reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful Rajput Hindu caste.






17. The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses in Saxony.






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






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20. Emperor Charles V decisively dismantles the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of M






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






22. Treaty of Zaragoza defined the antimeridian of Tordesillas attributing the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain.






23. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






24. By winning the Battle of Okehazama - Oda Nobunaga becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of Japan






25. Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.






26. The Hospitallers defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Malta (1565).






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






28. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






31. The Long War between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Turks.






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






33. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






34. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






35. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






36. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






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






38. A period of drought - with famine in all of Spain.






39. in the Eighty Years' War the capital of Zeeland - Middelburg declares for the Protestants.






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






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






42. Rising of the North in England.






43. The Anglo-Spanish War is fought on both sides of theAtlantic.






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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