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Timeline of the 16th Century

How well do you remember historical events from 1501 until 1600?
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Last updated: February 18, 2021
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1. Which Portuguese navigator claimed Brazil for Portugal?
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Vasco da Gama
Bartolomeu Dias
Diogo Cão
2. Astrologer, physician and reputed seer Nostradamus was born in 1503. Where was he from?
Italy
Greece
France
Spain
3. Who painted "La Gioconda?"
Raphael
Sandro Botticelli
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
4. Who proclaimed the Sun the center of the Solar system in 1512?
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Tycho Brahe
Nicolaus Copernicus
5. Who wrote "Utopia" and published it in 1516?
Francis Bacon
Thomas More
Thomas Becket
Martin Luther
6. Capital of which empire was Tenochtitlan before was conquered by Spain?
Navajo
Maya
Inca
Aztec
7. Under which Ottoman ruler did the Empire reached its peak?
Bayezid II the Saint
Mustafa I the Mad
Suleiman I the Magnificent
Selim I the Strong
8. Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
Donatello
Giotto
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
9. Which explorer is known for defeating the Aztec Empire and taking Mexico in the name of Spain in 1521?
Francisco Pizarro
John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
Hernan Cortes
10. Who completed the first circumnavigation of the globe in a single expedition after its captain, Ferdinand Magellan, was killed?
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Juan Ponce de León
Hernando de Soto
11. Where was Ferdinand Magellan killed in a battle in 1521?
Philippines
Argentina
New Zealand
Brazil
12. Who won the Battle of Mohács in 1526?
Holy Roman Empire
Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Hungary
13. Who conquered the Inca Empire in 1532?
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Hernan Cortes
14. What was the capital of Inca Empire?
Cusco
Macchu Picchu
Tulum
Guadalajara
15. How long Queen Elizabeth I held the English throne?
22 years
44 years
11 years
33 years
16. What was it that Queen Elizabeth I said she was married to?
Her country
Church
Parliament
France
17. What form of fine art is the Elizabethan Era most famous for?
Theatre
Literature
Painting
Ballet
18. Who was the first Queen of England to be executed in 1536?
Lady Jane Grey
Anne Boleyn
Catherine Howard
Catherine of Aragon
19. Which French explorer claimed Canada for France in 1536?
Jacques Marquette
Jacques Cousteau
Samuel de Champlain
Jacques Cartier
20. What was Martin Luther famous for?
Astronomy
Medicine
Reformation
Painting
21. Who was the first Tsar of Russia?
Feodor I
Nicholas II
Peter the Great
Ivan the Terrible
22. What was Gerardus Mercator famous for?
Music
Carthography
Philosophy
Writing
23. Which pope introduced his calendar in 1582 that is being used to present day?
Gregory XIII
Sixtus V
Pius IV
Julius III
24. What colony was the first attempt by the English to establish a colony in the Americas in 1585?
Roanoke
Plymouth
Jamestown
New Netherland
25. Williams Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" was published in 1597. How that tragedy ends?
They both die
Romeo dies, Juliet stays alive
Juliet dies, Romeo stays alive
They lived happily ever after
26. Who was burned at the stake for heresy in Rome for believing that the universe is infinite and that other solar systems exist?
Giordano Bruno
Antoine Lavoisier
Jean Bodin
Michel de Montaigne
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