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Timeline charts · 126 events · 1500–1599

The 16th Century — 1500 to 1599

A single continuous chronology of the 16th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

The 16th Century — 1500 to 1599

126 events · 1500–1599 · Saeculum · sample of the first 8 rows

The 16th Century — 1500 to 1599. A single continuous chronology of the 16th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.
DateEventRegionTheme
1500s
1500Michelangelo Finishes the PietaEuropeCulture
1500Safavid Revolt in ArdabilMiddle EastPolitics
22 Apr 1500Cabral Stumbles on BrazilSouth AmericaExploration
1501Amerigo Vespucci Maps a New WorldSouth AmericaExploration
1501First Africans Shipped to HispaniolaNorth AmericaPolitics
Jul 1501Ismail Crowned Shah of PersiaMiddle EastReligion
1502Montezuma II Takes the Mexica ThroneNorth AmericaPolitics
1503Leonardo Begins the Mona LisaEuropeCulture

Covers 1500–1599. Shows the 126 events scored 8 or higher for significance out of the 4992-event Saeculum corpus. Everything below that line — and every event on this sheet — is free to read in full on its own year and event page.

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