Major World Events in 16th Century

»Muslim raided into India and destructed Somnath (1001 - 27).
»Byzantine defeated Bulgaria in the Battle of Kleidion (1014).
»Byzantine conquered Bulgarian Empire (1018).
»The Chola Dynasty of India conconquered Srivijaya of South East Asia (1025).
»Chinese invented movable type printing (1041 - 48).
»Gunpowder formulas and compass were described in Chinese book "Wujing Zongyao" (1044).
»The Great Schism, the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches separated (1054).
»The Seljuk Turks captured Baghdad (1055).
»The Chola Dynasty of India invaded Malaysia and Indonesia (1068).
»Seljuks destroyed Georgia (1068).
»Byzantine Empire defeated by the Seljuk army in the Battle of Manzikert (1071).
»Chinese Song Dynasty failed to conquer Vietnamese Lý Dynasty (1076).
»Walk to Canossa, struggle between pope and the Holy Roman Emperor (1077).
»European Crusaders established the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099).