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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






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






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






5. After 45 years' reign - Jiajing Emperor died in theForbidden City - Longqing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into Eastern Europe.






11. After a siege of 4 months the Siege of Leiden ends in a comprehensive Dutch victory.






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






13. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






14. The Ottomans defeat the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Moh






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






16. First reported African slaves in The New World






17. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






18. The M






19. Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.






20. 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.






21. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






22. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






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






24. The Polish






25. William Tyndale's partial translation of the Bible into English is published - which would eventually be incorporated into the King James Bible.






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






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






28. Guido de Bres draws up the Belgic Confession of Protestant faith.






29. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






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






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






32. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






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






34. Spanish navigator Andres de Urdaneta discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean - also known as the tornaviaje.






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






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






37. Henry VIII crush the French at the Battle of the Spurs.






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






39. 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.






40. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






41. Machiavelli writes The Prince - a treatise about political philosophy






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






43. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






44. Sack of Rome - which is considered the end of the Italian Renaissance.






45. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






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






47. Rising of the North in England.






48. Ivan the Terrible orders the massacre of inhabitants of Novgorod.






49. With the Peace of Cateau Cambr






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






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