16th Century timeline

1504: Michelangelo unveils David

1507: Mona Lisa

1509: Henry VIII becomes King of England (r. 1509-1547)

1512: Copernicus writes Commentaries

1513: Machiavelli's The Prince

1517: Luther's 95 Thesis: Protestant Reformation begins

1519-22: Magellan circumnavigates the world

1519-21: Cortes conquers Mexico

1520-66: Suleiman the Magnificent rules Ottoman Empire

1526: Mughal Empire founded

1527: Rome sacked

1527: Renaissance ends

1529: Austrians defeat Ottomans at Vienna

1532: Pizzaro conquers Incas

1534: Henry VIII issues Act of Supremacy

1539: De Soto explores America

1543: Scientific Revolution begins

1547: Ivan the Terrible becomes Czar of Russia

1553-58: Reign of Bloody Mary in England

1558: Elizabeth becomes Queen of England (r. 1558-1603)

1572: St. Batholomeo's Day Massacre

1582: Gregorian Calendar

1585: Roanoke established

1587: Mary Queen of Scots executed

1588: Spanish Armada

1590: Japan unified

1598-1613: Russian anarchy

1600: Edo Period begins in Japan

Late Middle Ages timeline

1315-17: The Great Famine

1321: The Divine Comedy written

1337: The Hundred Years' War begins

1347-51: The Black Death

1353: The Decameron written

1381: Peasant's Revolt (England)

1386: The Battle of Kosovo

1400: The Canterbury Tales written

1415-92: Height of Medici power in Florence

1415: Agincourt

1417: The Great Schism ends

1429: Joan of Arc takes Orleans

1431: Joan of Arc executed

1453: The Hundred Years' War ends

1453: The Printing Press

1453: Constantinople falls to the Ottomans

1485: The Battle of Bosworth

1492: Reconquista completed

1492: Columbus discovers America

1494: The Treaty of Tordesillas

1497: De Gama reaches India

History Shorts: Mazikert (1071)

The Battle of Manzikert spelled the beginning of the end for the Byzantine Empire. The Seljuq Turks decisively defeated the Byzantines and captured the Emperor Romanos IV. It began Turkish consolidation of Anatolia and undermined the Byzantines in key army recruiting grounds. The battle opened the door for a Turkish invasion and the led to economic and civil disruptions within Constantinople. In 1453, the Ottoman Turks completed the conquest.

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