WHAT HAPPENED IN 16. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the 16. century

Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. (2. February 1536)

Portuguese forces under Christovão da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente. (2. February 1542)

The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India. (3. February 1509)

Irish rebel Silken Thomas is executed by the order of Henry VIII in London, England. (3. February 1534)

Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. (5. February 1576)

A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. (5. February 1597)

Universiteit Leiden is founded, and given the motto Praesidium Libertatis. (8. February 1575)

Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. (8. February 1587)

Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake. (9. February 1555)

Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination. (10. February 1567)

Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England. (11. February 1531)

Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India. (12. February 1502)

Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia. (12. February 1541)

A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason. (12. February 1554)

Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju. (12. February 1593)

Disfida di Barletta – tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta. (13. February 1503)

Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery. (13. February 1542)

Elizabeth I of England issues a proclamation which revokes all commissions on account of the frauds which they had fostered. (13. February 1572)

Henry III of France is crowned at Rheims and marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont on the same day. (13. February 1575)

Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic. (14. February 1556)