We continue to consider the events of world history, and analyze the events of the 16th century. The beginning of the century in Europe was marked by the beginning of the Reformation in Germany, and then in other European countries. In the New World, the conquistadors of Cortez capture Mexico, and the Inca Empire ceases to exist under the onslaught of Pizarro's soldiers. Magellan makes the first ever trip around the world, and the Spanish nobleman Ignatius Loyola creates the Jesuit Order. In England, the Golden Age of the reign of Elizabeth I is coming, and in Russia, the reign is under the rule of the cruel Tsar Ivan the Terrible. You can also highlight the Huguenot wars in France and St. Bartholomew's Night in Paris, the formation of the Commonwealth and many other events ...
1500 The Portuguese expedition of Pedro Alvares Cabral, who discovered Brazil
1500-1503 The war of the Muscovite state with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
1501-1736 The Safavid state, which included Iran, Azerbaijan, part of Afghanistan, Armenia, Iraq
1502 The defeat of the Great Horde by the Crimean Khanate
1505 The Radom constitution in Poland, limiting the power of the king in favor of the gentry
1512-1520 The reign of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I the Terrible
1512-1522 Russo-Lithuanian War
1516-1517 The capture of the territories of Syria, Palestine and Egypt by the troops of the Turkish Sultan Suleiman I
1517 Beginning of the Reformation in Germany. Martin Luther, Professor of Philosophy and Theology at the University of Wittenberg, published the text "95 Theses"
1519-1521 The capture of Mexico and the destruction of the Aztec state by the Spanish conquistadors led by Fernando Cortes
1519-1522 The first circumnavigation of the world under the leadership of F. Magellan and V. Elcano
1520-1566 The reign of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificent. The heyday of the Ottoman Empire
1521-1559 Italian war - the struggle of France and the coalition of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire for Italy
1524-1525 The Great Peasants' War in Germany
1526 Mohac battle. The victory of the troops of the Ottoman Empire over the Hungarian-Czech-Croatian troops
1526-1858 Mughal Empire (territories of modern India, Pakistan and Southern Afghanistan)
1529 The unsuccessful siege of Vienna by the troops of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Suleiman I
1533 The destruction of the Inca Empire by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and the assassination of its ruler Atahualpa
1533-1584 The reign of Ivan the Terrible - Prince of Moscow, the first king of all Russia
1534 Founding of the "Society of Jesus" (Jesuit Order) by the Spanish nobleman Ignatius Loyola. An act for the supremacy of the king over the church in England (the "Act of Supremacy"). Beginning of the English Reformation
1540-1547 Austro-Turkish War
1544 The Treaty of Crepios between France and Spain that ended the Fourth Italian War
1545-1563 Trent Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church in Trento
1546-1547 The Schmalkaldic War is the first major military conflict between Catholics and Protestants (Emperor Charles V and the Protestants of the Schmalkaldic Union)
1547 Acceptance of the royal title by the Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan IV the Terrible
1549 I Zemsky Sobor ("Reconciliation Cathedral") - a meeting of representatives of various segments of the population of the Moscow state to discuss political, economic and administrative issues
1552 The defeat and annexation of the Kazan Khanate to the Moscow kingdom
1555 Augsburg Religious World (Germany). Lutheranism is recognized as the official religion, the right of the imperial estates to choose a religion is established
1556 Abdication of the King of Spain Charles V from the throne and departure to the monastery. Division of the empire between his son Philip II, King of Spain, and brother Ferdinand, King of the Holy Roman Empire. The Great China Earthquake (in Shaanxi), which killed more than 830 thousand people
1558-1583 The Livonian war between the Muscovy and the Livonian Confederation, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Sweden for possessions in the Baltic, ended with the defeat of the Russians
1558-1603 The reign of the English and Irish Queen Elizabeth I ("golden age of England")
1559 The Treaty of Cato-Cambresia ended the Italian Wars between Spain, France and England. Transfer of the city of Calais by the British to France
1559-1598 Religious (Huguenot) wars in France
1562-1795 Liquidation of the Livonian Order. Formation of the Duchy of Courland
1562 The beginning of the English slave trade in America (Plymouth merchant John Hawkins sold the first batch of African slaves in America)
1563-1570 Northern Seven Years' War (Danish-Swedish War)
1565 Battle of Talikota between the armies of the Vijayanagara Empire and a coalition of Indian principalities. The defeat of Vijayanagara and its collapse
1565-1572 The policy of the oprichnina in the Moscow kingdom
1566-1609 Bourgeois revolution in the Netherlands, struggle against Spanish rule
1569 The Union of Lublin is an agreement on the unification of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a federal state - the Commonwealth
1571 Creation of the Holy League (Venice, Spain, Pope, Genoa, Savoy, Malta, Tuscany and Parma) against the Ottomans. Holy League victory in the naval battle of Lepanto. Crimean Khan Davlen Giray captured and burned Moscow
1572 Bartholomew's Night in Paris
1578-1590 War of the Ottoman Empire with Iran
1579 The Union of Utrecht is a military-political union of the northern provinces of the Netherlands against Spanish rule
1580-1581 Annexation of Portugal to Spain
1582 The reform of the chronology of Pope Gregory XIII - the introduction of the Gregorian calendar
1587-1604 Anglo-Spanish War
1588 The death of the Spanish "Invincible Armada" off the coast of England and Ireland
1590-1595 Russo-Swedish War
1592 - ok. 1601 Japanese-Korean War (Imjin War)
1589-1610 The reign of King Henry IV of Bourbon of France, the founder of the Bourbon dynasty
1596 Brest union between the Orthodox and Catholic churches. Formation of the Greek Catholic (Uniate) Church
1598 The Edict of Nantes was a law that granted religious rights to French Huguenot Protestants. The defeat of Khan Kuchum in the battle of Irmen from Russian troops. Completion of the annexation of Siberia to the Moscow kingdom.