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16th Century Timeline

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1. Abbas I moved Safavids capital from Qazvin to Isfahan in 1598.






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






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






5. Galileo Galilei born on February 15






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. The Battle of Chaldiran - the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.






11. First edition of the epic The Lusiads of Lu






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






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






14. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






15. 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






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






17. Rising of the North in England.






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






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






20. The Sweating sickness epidemic hits Tudor England.






21. 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.






22. Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.






23. Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid - Spain.






24. Jacques Cartier claims Quebec for France.






25. Valladolid debate concerning the existence of souls in Amerindians






26. Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later.






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






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






29. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






30. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






32. Due to high debts - Habsburg Spain declares bankruptcy. Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557 - 1560 - 1575 and 1596.






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






34. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






35. Portuguese found a settlement at Macau.






36. Sack of Antwerp by badly paid Spanish soldiers.






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






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






39. Sir Francis Bacon is born in London.






40. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






42. Gazi Giray leads a huge Tatar expedition against Moscow.






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






44. The Elizabethan era is considered the height of the English Renaissance.






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






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






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






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






49. Spanish expedition commanded by Magellan and Elcano first to circle Earth






50. Massacre of Wassy and Battle of Dreux in the French Wars of Religion.