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16th Century Timeline

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1. North African pirates enslave the entire population of the Maltese island Gozo - between 5000 and 6000 - sending them to Libya.






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






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






4. The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces.






5. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






8. At least two thousand converted Jews are massacred in a Lisbon riot.






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






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






17. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






20. 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.






21. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






22. The Polish






23. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






24. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed at the Battle of Alcazarquivir.






25. The Muscovy Company is the first major English joint stock trading company.






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






27. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






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






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






30. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






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






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






34. Birth of Ren






35. 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.






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37. 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.






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






39. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






40. During his reign - Akbar expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.






41. Birth of Ren






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






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






44. Korea - with the help of Ming Dynasty China - repels two Japanese invasions.






45. The Ottomans capture Baghdad.






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






47. Foundation of the Sultanate of Sennar by Amara Dunqas - in what is modern Sudan






48. Portuguese missionaries Jos






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






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