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( 15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries)As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600.
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- Beginning of the " Little Ice Age" a cooling period that resulted in lower crop yields across the world, and harsher climates especially in northern latitudes.
- The modern square root symbol is first used.
- Portugal conquers the Sultanate of Malacca. Start of European colonisation in South-East Asia. ( 1511)
- Castile invades the kingdom of NavarreComunidad Foral de Navarra / Nafarroa ko Foru Komunitatea Capital Pamplona Official languages Castilian; Basque co-official in some areas Area total % of Spain Ranked 11th 10 391 km² 2,2% Population Total (2003) % of Spain Density Ranked 15th 569 628 1,4% ( 1512Events April 11 Battle of Ravenna. French forces under Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours defeat the Spanish under Raymond of Cardona, but Gaston is killed in the pursuit. November 1 The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to).
- The Ottoman EmpireOsmanlı İmparatorluğu Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye The Ottoman Coat of Arms Imperial motto: unknown The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople) Sovereigns Sultans reaches its peak during the reign of sultanA sultan Arabic ) is an Islamic monarch ruling under the terms of shariah''. The title carries moral weight and religious authority, as the ruler's role was defined in the Quran. The sultan however was not a religious teacher himself. In the Byzantine Emp Suleiman the MagnificentSuleiman I ( November 6, 1494 September 5/ 6, 1566); in Turkish Suleyman , (nicknamed 'the Magnificent' or 'the Lawgiver', in Turkish 'Kanuni') was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566 and successor to Selim I. He was born at Trabzon, Turkey (reigned 1520Events January 18 King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde. June Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan is declared deposed due to his captivity by conquistador Hernan Cortes. His brother Cuitlahuac rises to the throne.- 1566Events January 7 Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. The first bridge crossing the Neretva river at Mosta). Troops of the Ottoman EmpireOsmanlı İmparatorluğu Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye The Ottoman Coat of Arms Imperial motto: unknown The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople) Sovereigns Sultans lay siege upon ViennaThis article is about the city and federal state in Austria. For other places or things called Vienna, see Vienna (disambiguation). Vienna ( German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austria's nine federal states Bundesland Wi, but fail to conquer the city ( 1529)
- European explorers explore the New World. Spain conquers the Aztec Empire in Mexico ( 1521) and the Incan Empire in South America ( 1533), resulting in the destruction of the native civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes. Vast increase in amount of gold in circulation in Europe. The horse introduced to the Americas.
- First circumnavigation of the globe by a ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition. Only one ship survived the journey, under the command of the Basque captain Juan Sebastián Elcano ( 1522).
- Protestant reform of the Christian church in several countries in Northern Europe.
- Copernicus publishes his theory that the Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun ( 1543)
- The Council of Trent ( 1545 - 1563), one of the ecumenical councils of the Catholic Church, defined a large number of new dogmas in response to the Protestant Reformation.
- In the Dutch revolt of 1568- 1648, a small nation gained independence from the superpower of the day ( Spain).
- Poland and Lithuania form the Commonwealth ( 1569 - 1795)
- Gregorian Calendar adopted by Catholic countries ( 1582)
- After the Fall of Antwerp ( 1585), many of its merchants fled to Amsterdam
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