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
- Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci, from C2RMF retouched.jpg
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Battle of Cerignola: El Gran Capitan finds the corpse of Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours
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"Portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque, Viceroy of Portuguese India" (after 1545), by Unknown. At the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon.
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Martin Luther initiated the Reformation with his Ninety-five Theses in 1517.
- Europe at the Accession of the Emperor Charles V (1519).jpg
Europe at the time of the accession of Charles V in 1519
- Retrato de Hernando de Magallanes.jpg
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
- BattleSpanishOtomiesMetztitlan
