| Italian: La Gioconda, French: La Joconde | |
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| Artist | Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Year | c. 1503–1506 |
| Type | Oil on poplar |
| Dimensions | 77 cm × 53 cm (30 in × 21 in) |
| Location | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 15th century · 16th century · 17th century |
| Decades: | 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments |
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century lasted from 1501 to 1600.
During the 16th century, Spain and Portugal explored and conquered the world seas. Latin America became a Spanish colony, while Portugal became the master of the Indian Ocean.
In Europe, the Protestant Reformation gave a major blow to the authority of the Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church. European politics became dominated by religious conflicts, with the groundwork for the epochal Thirty Years' War being laid towards the end of the century.
In the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire continued to expand, with the Sultan taking the title of Caliph, while dealing with a resurgent Persia. Iran and Iraq were caught by major popularity of the once-obscure Shiite sect of Islam under the rule of the Safavid dynasty of warrior-mystics, providing grounds for a Persia independent of the majority-Sunni Muslim world.
China evacuated the coastal areas, because of Japanese piracy. Japan was suffering under a severe civil war at the time.
Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great tried to reconcile the major religions by founding a new religion, Din-i-Ilahi. Akbar was convinced that no religion has the absolute truth.
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| Decades: | 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s |
| Categories: | [[:Category:16Template:Safesubst:Template:Safesubst:Template:Safesubst:-century births|Births]] – [[:Category:16Template:Safesubst:Template:Safesubst:Template:Safesubst:-century deaths|Deaths]] [[:Category:16Template:Safesubst:Template:Safesubst:Template:Safesubst:-century establishments|Establishments]] – [[:Category:16Template:Safesubst:Template:Safesubst:Template:Safesubst:-century disestablishments|Disestablishments]] |
[[File:|200px|thumb|Martin Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529)]] As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century lasted from 1501 to 1600.
During the 16th century, Spain and Portugal explored the world's seas and opened world-wide oceanic trade routes. Large parts of the New World became Spanish and Portuguese colonies, and while the Portuguese became the masters of Asia's and Africa's Indian Ocean trade, the Spanish opened trade across the Pacific Ocean, linking the Americas with Asia.
In Europe, the Protestant Reformation gave a major blow to the authority of the Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church. European politics became dominated by religious conflicts, with the groundwork for the epochal Thirty Years' War being laid towards the end of the century.
In the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire continued to expand, with the Sultan taking the title of Caliph, while dealing with a resurgent Persia. Iran and Iraq were caught by major popularity of the once-obscure Shiite sect of Islam under the rule of the Safavid dynasty of warrior-mystics, providing grounds for a Persia independent of the majority-Sunni Muslim world.
China evacuated the coastal areas, because of Japanese piracy. Japan was suffering under a severe civil war at the time.
Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great tried to reconcile the major religions by founding a new religion, Din-i-Ilahi. Akbar was convinced that no religion has the absolute truth.
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[[File:|thumb|Gun-wielding Ottoman Janissaries and defending Knights of Saint John at the Siege of Rhodes in 1522, from an Ottoman manuscript.]]
[[File:|thumb|200px|right|Oda Nobunaga.]]
[[File:|thumb|200px|Wanli Emperor of Ming China]]
, 1623. Copper engraving of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout.]]
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. Portrait by Raphael.]] ]] [[File:|thumb|200px|Vasco de Gama]]
| Italian: La Gioconda, French: La Joconde | |
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| Artist | Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Year | c. 1503–1506 |
| Type | Oil on poplar |
| Dimensions | 77 cm × 53 cm (30 in × 21 in) |
| Location | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 15th century · 16th century · 17th century |
| Decades: | 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments |
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 through 1600.
See also: 16th century in literature
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| This page uses content from the English language Wikipedia. The original content was at 16th century. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with this Familypedia wiki, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons License. |
| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s |
The 16th century is 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.
Note: years before or after the 16th century are in italics.
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