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The 16th century is regarded by historians as the century which saw the rise of Western civilization. The Renaissance in Italy and Europe saw the emergence of important artists, authors and scientists, and led to the foundation of important subjects which include accounting and political science.
On the eve of World War I, France's colonial empire was the second largest in the world after the British Empire . France began to establish colonies in the Americas, the Caribbean, and India in the 16th century but lost most of its possessions following its defeat in the Seven Years' War.
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Middle French (French: moyen français) is a historical division of the French language that covers the period from the mid-14th to the early 17th century. It is a period of transition during which:
To read about the background to these events, see History of France. See also the list of Frankish kings, French monarchs, and presidents of France . 5th century. 6th century. 7th century. 8th century. 9th century. 10th century. 11th century. 12th century. 13th century.
YearDateEvent18019 FebruaryWar of the Second Coalition: The Treaty ...180115 JulyThe Concordat of 1801 was signed between ...18023 FebruarySaint-Domingue expedition: French Army ...180225 MarchWar of the Second Coalition: The Treaty ...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. The world map by the Italian Amerigo Vespucci and Belgian Gerardus Mercator (1587)
Although the European prominence of French literature was eclipsed in part by vernacular literature in Italy in the 14th century, literature in France in the 16th century underwent a major creative evolution, and through the political and artistic programs of the Ancien Régime, French literature came to dominate European letters in the 17th ...
Spelling and punctuation before the 16th century was highly erratic, but the introduction of printing in 1470 provoked the need for uniformity. Several Renaissance humanists (working with publishers) proposed reforms in French orthography, the most famous being Jacques Peletier du Mans who developed a phonemic-based spelling system and ...
