16th century
The 16th century was the century from 1501 to 1600. In this century, many Europeans visited or moved to the newly-found Americas and some also searched for new routes to Asia. There was much change in Europe at the time, such as the Protestant Reformation and the Renaissance.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 15th century · 16th century · 17th century |
| Decades: | 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments |
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 16th century are in italics.
16th Century Media
The world map by Gerardus Mercator shows (besides the classical continents Europe, Africa, and Asia) the Americas as America sive India Nova, New Guinea, and other islands of Southeast Asia, as well as a hypothetical Arctic continent and a yet undetermined Terra Australis.
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Battle of Cerignola: El Gran Capitan finds the corpse of Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours
"Portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque, Viceroy of Portuguese India" (after 1545), by Unknown. At the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon.
Martin Luther initiated the Reformation with his Ninety-five Theses in 1517.
Europe at the time of the accession of Charles V in 1519
Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition that circumnavigated the globe in 1519–1522.
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Gun-wielding Ottoman Janissaries and defending Knights of Saint John at the siege of Rhodes in 1522, from an Ottoman manuscript
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