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16th Century Timeline

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






2. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






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






4. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






5. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






6. Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery and treason.






7. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






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






9. Elizabeth Tudor is born.






10. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






11. The Portuguese mariner Jorge






12. Russia descends into anarchy during the Time of Troubles.






13. William Shakespeare baptized 26 April






14. 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.






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






16. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






17. Erzsebet Bathory is born in Nyirbator - Hungary.






18. Grand Prince Ivan the Terrible is crowned tsar of (All)Russia - thenceforth becoming the first Russian tsar.






19. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. First reported African slaves in The New World






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






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






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






29. The Union of Arras unifies the southern Netherlands - a foundation for the later states of the Spanish Netherlands - the Austrian Netherlands and Belgium






30. Publication in Venice of Delle Navigiationi et Viaggi (terzo volume) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio - secretary of Council of Ten - with plan La Terra de Hochelaga - an illustration ofIndian village Hochelaga. See






31. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






32. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






33. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






34. The Ottomans capture Massawa - all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.






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






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






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






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






40. Mary - Queen of Scots - is imprisoned by Elizabeth I.






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






42. French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Huguenots.






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






44. Barbary pirates led by Hayreddin Barbarossa raid Provence and Toulon in southern France.






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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