16th Century Timeline
| 1231-1808 |
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Papal Inquisition | ||||
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| 1454-1611 |
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The Renaissance | ||||
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| 1478-1834 |
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Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition | ||||
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| 1485-1509 |
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Reign of King Henry VII (Tudor) | ||||
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| 1502 |
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First portable timepiece | ||||
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| 1509-1547 |
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Reign of King Henry VIII (Tudor) | ||||
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| 1513 |
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Juan Ponce De Leon Establishes 1st US colony in FL | ||||
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| 1513 |
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Portuguese reach Canton | ||||
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| 1519 |
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Leonardo da Vinci dies | ||||
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| 1522 |
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Magellan circumnavigates the world | ||||
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| 1540 |
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Jesuit Order Founded | ||||
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| 1547-1553 |
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Reign of King Edward VI (Tudor) | ||||
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| 1553-1558 |
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Reign of Queen Mary I (Tudor) | ||||
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| 1557 |
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Portuguese settle Macao | ||||
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| 1558-1603 |
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Reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Tudor) | ||||
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| 1562-1598 |
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Wars of religion in France | ||||
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| 1563 |
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Black Plague (again) | ||||
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| 1569 |
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Union of Lublin - Treaty | ||||
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| 1580 |
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Flint-lock firing mechanism | ||||
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| 1587 |
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Sir Walter Raligh's lost colony at Roanoke | ||||
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| 1588 |
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Spanish Armada defeated by the English | ||||
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| 1589 |
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Harington invents the Flush Toilet | ||||
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| 1592-1593 |
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Hideyoshi invades Korea |