16th century

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century · 16th century · 17th century
Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s
1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s
Categories: BirthsDeaths
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Mona Lisa
(Italian: La Gioconda, French:La Joconde)
Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–1506
Oil on poplar
77 cm × 53 cm (30 in × 21 in)
Musée du Louvre, Paris

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century lasted from 1501 through 1600.

Contents

[edit] Events

[edit] Undated

[edit] 1500–1509

[edit] 1510s

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain.

[edit] 1520s

[edit] 1530s

[edit] 1540s

[edit] 1550s

[edit] 1560s

School of François Clouet, c. 1560-1561, Mary, Queen of Scots.

[edit] 1570s

[edit] 1580s

George Gower, c. 1588, Queen Elizabeth I of England

[edit] 1590s

[edit] Significant people

Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait of Sir Thomas More, 1527, oil on wood, 74.2 x 59 cm, The Frick Collection, New York

[edit] Exploration

[edit] Visual artists

[edit] Musicians and Composers

[edit] Literature

[edit] Science and Philosophy

[edit] Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Related article: List of 16th century inventions.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Polybius: "The Rise Of The Roman Empire", Page 36, Penguin, 1979.
  2. ^ 16th Century Timeline (1501 t0 1600)
  3. ^ Life Span of Suleiman the Magnificent 1494-1566
  4. ^ Drake (1978, p.1). The date of Galileo's birth is given according to the Julian calendar, which was then in force throughout the whole of Christendom. In 1582 it was replaced in Italy and several other Catholic countries with the Gregorian calendar. Unless otherwise indicated, dates in this article are given according to the Gregorian calendar.

[edit] Decades and years

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