1501–160044 events11 regions
16th century
In the 16th century: 44 events across 11 regions, including Ninety-five Theses, First circumnavigation of the globe, Ismail I proclaimed shah in Tabriz.
Events
Western and Central Europe
- Waldseemüller mapApril 1507
- Ninety-five Theses31 October 1517
- Election of Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor28 June 1519
- First circumnavigation of the globe10 August 1519 – 8 September 1522
- Battle of Mohács29 August 1526
- Sack of Rome (1527)6 May 1527
- Siege of Vienna (1529)27 September – 15 October 1529
- Publication of Copernicus’s De revolutionibus1543
- Publication of The Lusiads1572
- Cortes of Tomar: Philip II becomes King of PortugalApril 1581
Eastern Europe
- Annexation of Pskov by Moscow13 January 1510
- Capture of Smolensk (1514)between 30 July and 1 August 1514
- Battle of Orsha8 September 1514
- Coronation of Ivan IV as tsar16 January 1547
- Capture of Kazan23 August – 2 October 1552
- Annexation of the Astrakhan Khanate26 August 1556
Balkans and Anatolia
- Accession of Suleiman the Magnificent30 September 1520
Middle East and Egypt
- Ismail I proclaimed shah in Tabriz1501
- Portuguese conquest of Hormuz25 September 1507 – 1 April 1515
- Battle of Chaldiran23 August 1514
- Battle of Ridaniya22 January 1517
- Capture of Baghdad by Suleiman Ibetween November and December 1534
Africa
- Letters of Afonso I of Kongo on the slave trade1526
- Ethiopian–Adal WarMarch 1529 – 21 February 1543
- Battle of Alcácer Quibir4 August 1578
Central and Northern Asia
- Shaybani Khan destroys the Timurid Empire1500 – 27 May 1507
South Asia
- Battle of Diu3 February 1509
- Portuguese conquest of Goa25 November 1510
- First Battle of Panipat21 April 1526
- Garcia de Orta’s Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India10 April 1563
East Asia
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Capture of Malacca25 July – between 10 August and 24 August 1511
- Battle of Mactan27 April 1521
- Toungoo–Hanthawaddy War: the beginning of Burma’s unification1534 – May 1541
North America
- Voyages of the Corte-Real brothers to Newfoundland1500–1502
- Jacques Cartier’s second voyage — up the Saint Lawrence River19 May 1535 – 16 July 1536
- Hernando de Soto’s expedition into the interior of North America30 May 1539 – September 1543
Latin America
- Balboa reaches the Pacific Ocean25–29 September 1513
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec EmpireFebruary 1519 – 13 August 1521
- Fall of Tenochtitlan13 August 1521
- Battle of Cajamarca16 November 1532
- Founding of Salvador and the Governorate General of Brazil29 March 1549