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As a means of recording the passage of Time , the 16th century was that Century which lasted from 1501 to 1600 .
''See also:'' 16th Century In Literature
Events
1500s
- disappears.
- rules Iran until 1736 .
- begins painting the '' Mona Lisa '' and completes it three or four years later.
- marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice Trade .
1510s
1520s
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1530s
1540s
- begins after Portuguese traders make contact with Japan .
1550s
- .
- .
- is the first major English Joint Stock trading company.
- in China is history's deadliest known earthquake.
- .
- expands the Mughal Empire in a series of conquests.
- is considered the height of the English Renaissance .
- between Poland, Sweden, Denmark and Russia.
- loses Calais to France.
- , the Italian Wars conclude.
1560s
1570s
1580s
1590s
- , repels two Japanese invasions during the Seven-Year War .
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- chartered.
Significant people
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- Henry VII Of England , founder of the Tudor Dynasty . Introduced ruthlessly efficient mechanisms of taxation which restored the kingdom after a state of virtual Bankruptcy due to the effects of the Wars Of The Roses ( 1457 - 1509 ).
- Zygmunt I The Old , King of Poland, established a conscription army and the bureaucracy needed to finance it ( 1467 - 1548 ).
- György Dózsa , leader of the peasants' revolt in Hungary ( 1470 - 1514 )
- Nicolaus Copernicus , developed the Heliocentric ( Sun -centered) Theory using Scientific methods ( 1473 - 1543 ).
- Michelangelo Buonarroti , Italian painter and sculptor ( 1475 - 1564 ).
- Thomas More , English politician and author ( 1478 - 1535 ).
- Martin Luther , German religious reformer ( 1483 - 1546 ).
- Hernán Cortés , Spanish Conquistador ( 1485 - 1547 ).
- King Henry VIII Of England , founder of Anglicanism ( 1491 - 1547 ).
- Ignatius Of Loyola , founder of the Society Of Jesus ( 1491 - 1556 ).
- François Rabelais , French author (c. 1493 - 1553 ).
- King Francis I Of France , considered the first Renaissance monarch of his Kingdom ( 1494 - 1547 ).
- Suleiman The Magnificent , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire . Conqueror and legal reformer ( 1494 - 1566 ).
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and the first to reign as King Of Spain . Involved in almost constant conflict with France and the Ottoman Empire while promoting the Spanish Colonization Of The Americas ( 1500 - 1558 ).
- Cuauhtémoc , the last Tlatoani of the Aztec , led the native resistance against the Conquistador es ( 1502 - 1525 ).
- Michel Nostradamus , French astrologer and doctor, author of Les Propheties , a book of world prophecies ( 1503 - 1566 ).
- Mikolaj Rej , Polish writer ( 1505 - 1569 ).
- Ahmad Ibn Ibrihim Al-Ghazi , Somali Imam and general ( 1507 - 1543 ).
- John Calvin , theologian, and reformer. Founder of Calvinism ( 1509 - 1564 ).
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- Mary I Of England . Attempted to counter the Protestant Reformation in her domains. Nick-named Bloody Mary for her Religious Persecution ( 1516 - 1558 ).
- Luís De Camões , Portuguese poet (c. 1524 – 1580 ).
- Pierre De Ronsard , French poet. Called the 'Prince of poets' of his generation. ( 1524 – 1585 ).
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina , Italian Composer ( 1525 - 1594 )
- King Philip II Of Spain , self-proclaimed leader of Counter-Reformation ( 1527 - 1598 ).
- Ivan IV Of Russia , first Russian Tsar ( 1533 - 1584 ).
- William The Silent , William I of Orange-Nassau , main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish ( 1533 - 1584 ).
- Michel De Montaigne , French essayist ( 1533 – 1592 ).
- Elizabeth I Of England , central figure of the Elizabethan Era ( 1533 - 1603 ).
- Oda Nobunaga , Daimyo of the Sengoku Period of Japan ese Civil War . First ruler of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period ( 1534 - 1582 ).
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Daimyo of the Sengoku Period of Japan ese Civil War . Second ruler of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period ( 1536 - 1598 ).
- Edward VI Of England , notable for further differentiating Anglicanism from the practices of the Roman Catholic Church ( 1537 - 1553 ).
- Lady Jane Grey , Queen Regnant of England and Ireland . Notably deposed by popular Revolt ( 1537 - 1554 ).
- Mary I Of Scotland , First female head of the House Of Stuart ( 1542 - 1587 ).
- Admiral Yi Sun-sin , respected as one of the greatest Admirals and military leaders in world history. ( 1545 - 1598 ).
- Miguel De Cervantes , Spanish author ( 1547 - 1616 ).
- Giordano Bruno , Italian philosopher and astronomer/astrologer ( 1548 - 1600 ).
- King Henry IV Of France and Navarre , ended the French Wars Of Religion and reunited the kingdom under his command ( 1553 - 1610 ).
- Lope De Vega , Spanish dramatist ( 1562 – 1635 ).
- Christopher Marlowe , English poet and dramatist ( 1564 – 1593 ).
- William Shakespeare , English author ( 1564 - 1616 ).
- John Donne , English Metaphysical Poet ( 1572 - 1631 )
- Miyamoto Musashi , famous warrior in Japan , author of The Book Of Five Rings , a treatise on Strategy and martial combat. ( 1584 - 1645 )
- John Ford , English dramatist ( 1586 - c. 1640 ).
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
List Of 16th Century Inventions
Decades and years
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