Timeline of the 16th Century

How well do you remember historical events from 1501 until 1600?

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1. Which Portuguese navigator claimed Brazil for Portugal?

Vasco da Gama ✓

Pedro Álvares Cabral ✓

Bartolomeu Dias ✓

Diogo Cão ✓

2. Astrologer, physician and reputed seer Nostradamus was born in 1503. Where was he from?

Italy ✓

France ✓

Spain ✓

Greece ✓

3. Who painted "La Gioconda?"

Sandro Botticelli ✓

Leonardo da Vinci ✓

Michelangelo ✓

Raphael ✓

4. Who proclaimed the Sun the center of the Solar system in 1512?

Tycho Brahe ✓

Galileo Galilei ✓

Johannes Kepler ✓

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?

Inca ✓

Aztec ✓

Navajo ✓

Maya ✓

7. Under which Ottoman ruler did the Empire reached its peak?

Suleiman I the Magnificent ✓

Mustafa I the Mad ✓

Bayezid II the Saint ✓

Selim I the Strong ✓

8. Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

Michelangelo ✓

Giotto ✓

Leonardo da Vinci ✓

Donatello ✓

9. Which explorer is known for defeating the Aztec Empire and taking Mexico in the name of Spain in 1521?

John Cabot ✓

Amerigo Vespucci ✓

Francisco Pizarro ✓

Hernan Cortes ✓

10. Who completed the first circumnavigation of the globe in a single expedition after its captain, Ferdinand Magellan, was killed?

Hernando de Soto ✓

Francisco Vázquez de Coronado ✓

Juan Sebastián Elcano ✓

Juan Ponce de León ✓

11. Where was Ferdinand Magellan killed in a battle in 1521?

Philippines ✓

Brazil ✓

New Zealand ✓

Argentina ✓

12. Who won the Battle of Mohács in 1526?

Holy Roman Empire ✓

Kingdom of Poland ✓

Ottoman Empire ✓

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?

Tulum ✓

Guadalajara ✓

Macchu Picchu ✓

Cusco ✓

15. How long Queen Elizabeth I held the English throne?

11 years ✓

33 years ✓

44 years ✓

22 years ✓

16. What was it that Queen Elizabeth I said she was married to?

Her country ✓

Parliament ✓

Church ✓

France ✓

17. What form of fine art is the Elizabethan Era most famous for?

Theatre ✓

Ballet ✓

Painting ✓

Literature ✓

18. Who was the first Queen of England to be executed in 1536?

Catherine Howard ✓

Anne Boleyn ✓

Lady Jane Grey ✓

Catherine of Aragon ✓

19. Which French explorer claimed Canada for France in 1536?

Jacques Marquette ✓

Samuel de Champlain ✓

Jacques Cartier ✓

Jacques Cousteau ✓

20. What was Martin Luther famous for?

Painting ✓

Reformation ✓

Medicine ✓

Astronomy ✓

21. Who was the first Tsar of Russia?

Nicholas II ✓

Feodor I ✓

Peter the Great ✓

Ivan the Terrible ✓

22. What was Gerardus Mercator famous for?

Carthography ✓

Music ✓

Philosophy ✓

Writing ✓

23. Which pope introduced his calendar in 1582 that is being used to present day?

Gregory XIII ✓

Julius III ✓

Sixtus V ✓

Pius IV ✓

24. What colony was the first attempt by the English to establish a colony in the Americas in 1585?

New Netherland ✓

Plymouth ✓

Jamestown ✓

Roanoke ✓

25. Williams Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" was published in 1597. How that tragedy ends?

They lived happily ever after ✓

Juliet dies, Romeo stays alive ✓

Romeo dies, Juliet stays alive ✓

They both die ✓

26. Who was burned at the stake for heresy in Rome for believing that the universe is infinite and that other solar systems exist?

Jean Bodin ✓

Giordano Bruno ✓

Michel de Montaigne ✓

Antoine Lavoisier ✓

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