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(Top) Events. Sovereign states. References. 16th century BC. The 16th century BC was a century that lasted from 1600 BC to 1501 BC. Events. The royal Grave Circle in Mycenae, Greece (left) and the ' Mask of Agamemnon ' (right) found in one of the graves. 1700 BC – 1500 BC: Hurrian conquests. 1601 BC: Sharma-Adad II became the King of Assyria.
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The 17th century BC was the century that lasted from 1700 BC...
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ca. 1595 BC—Mursili I, king of the Hittites, sacks Babylon....
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The list below includes links to articles with further details for each decade, century, and millennium from 13,000 BC to AD 3000. Century. Decades. 13th millennium BC · 13,000–12,001 BC. 12th millennium BC · 12,000–11,001 BC.
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1500 BC – 1400 BC: The Battle of the Ten Kings took place around this time. [2] 1500 BC: Coalescence of a number of cultural traits including undecorated pottery, megalithic burials, and millet-bean-rice agriculture indicate the beginning of the Mumun Pottery Period on the Korean peninsula. [3]
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1501–1509
1. 1501: Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David. 2. 1501: Safavid dynasty reunifies Iran and rules over it until 1736. Safavids adopt a Shia branch of Islam. 3. 1501: First Battle of Cannanore between the Third Portuguese Armada and Kingdom of Cochin under João da Nova and Zamorin of Kozhikode's navy marks the beginning of Portuguese conflicts in the Indian Ocean. 4. 1502: First reported African slaves in the New World 5. 1502: The Crimean Khanate sacks...
1510s
1. 1509–1510: The 'great plague' in various parts of Tudor England. 2. 1510: Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Goain India. 3. 1511: Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Sultanate of Malaccain present-day Malaysia. 4. 1512: Copernicus writes Commentariolus, and proclaims the Sun the center of the Solar System. 5. 1512: The southern part (historical core) of the Kingdom of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon. 6. 1512: Qutb Shahi dynasty, founded...
1520s
1. 1520–1566: The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire. 2. 1520: The first European diplomatic mission to Ethiopia, sent by the Portuguese, arrives at Massawa 9 April, and reaches the imperial encampment of Emperor Dawit II in Shewa9 October. 3. 1520: Vijayanagara Empire forces under Krishnadevaraya defeat the Adil Shahi under at the Battle of Raichur 4. 1520: Sultan Ali Mughayat Shah of Aceh begins an expansionist campaign capturing Daya on the west Sumatr...
Vasily III, Grand Duke of Moscow by André ThévetRelated article: List of 16th century inventions.The Columbian Exchange introduces many plants, animals and diseases to the Old and New Worlds.Introduction of the spinning wheel revolutionizes textileproduction in Europe.The letter J is introduced into the English alphabet.1500: First portable watch is created by Peter Henlein of Germany.1513: Juan Ponce de León sights Florida and Vasco Núñez de Balboa sights the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean.Langer, William. An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online free
Media related to 16th centuryat Wikimedia CommonsFrom Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. English: The 16th century BC started the first day of 1600 BC and ended the last day of 1501 BC. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. 16th century BC by continent (5 C) 16th century BC by country (9 C) 16th century BC by decade (10 C)
The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . 16th century BC. 1500s BC (decade) 1510s BC. 1520s BC.
The 16th century was the century from 1501 to 1600. In this century, many Europeans visited or moved to the newly-found Americas and some also searched for new routes to Asia . There was much change in Europe, such as the Protestant Reformation and the Renaissance .
