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16th Century Timeline

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1. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






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






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






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






5. Portuguese navigator Pedro






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






7. Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.






8. Battle of Talikota fought between the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar and the Deccan sultanates.






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






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






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13. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow - burning everything but the Kremlin.






21. The French defeat an Imperial






22. Establishment of theInquisition in Portugal






23. The 9 years old Taizi - Zhu Yijun ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty - known as Wanli Emperor.






24. The Mali Empire is defeated at the Battle of Jenn






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






26. 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.






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






28. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






29. Philippines encountered by Ferdinand Magellan. He was later killed in battle in central Philippines in the same year.






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31. The Austrians defeat the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Vienna.






32. The Shaanxi Earthquake in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.






33. Battle of the Shirts in Scotland. The Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed chiefship; reportedly - 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.






34. Sultan Selim I ('The Grim') orders the massacre of Shia Muslims in Anatolia.






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






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






37. Spanish navigator Vicente Y






38. Brielle is taken from Habsburg Spain by Protestant Watergeuzen in the Capture of Brielle - in the Eighty Years' War.






39. Rhodes falls to the Ottoman Turks of Suleiman the Magnificent.






40. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






42. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






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






46. The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes King Henry VIII as the head of the Church.






47. The Polish






48. Spain and Germany defeat France at the Battle of Pavia - Francis I of France is captured.






49. 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.






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