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16th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






6. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.






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






8. Spain repulses the English Armada.






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






10. Morisco Revolt in Spain.






11. Zhengde Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






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






13. Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.






14. Ottoman navy defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Djerba.






15. Oda Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.






16. Mary Tudor becomes the first queen regnant of England.






17. Anne Boleyn becomes Queen of England.






18. Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.






19. 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.






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






21. Tahmasp I - Safavid king - died.






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






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






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






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






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






27. Sahib I Giray of Crimea invade Russia.






28. Mir Chakar Khan Rind captured Delhi with Emperor Humayun.






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






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






31. The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.






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






33. TheInca Civil War is fought between the two brothers -Atahualpa and Hu






34. The Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.






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






36. Hernando de Soto explores inland North America.






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






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






39. Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of Ming Dynasty.






40. Pope Pius V completes the Holy League as a united front against the Ottoman Turks.






41. Affair of the Placards






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






43. Francis Drake circles the world.






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45. The Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade and closes down all seaports along the coast; these Hai jin laws came during the Wokou wars with Japanese pirates.






46. Songhai forces sack the Malian capital of Niani






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






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






49. Katherine of Aragon dies in Kimbolton Castle.






50. Russia conquers the Khanate of Kazan.