16th century

     

As a means of recoring the passage of time, the 16th century lasted from 1501 through 1600.

Trivia about 16th century

  • Cuba first came under Spanish control in this century
  • England's Henry VIII
  • Christopher Marlowe (assuming he didn't fake his own death, move to France & write Shakespeare's plays)
  • Columbus made his fourth & final voyage to the New World
  • The first European to visit the Solomons was Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana in this century
  • Cortez conquers in the Incas in Mexico
  • Virginia Dare is the first white child of English parents born in America
  • Thomas Cranmer,for heresy

Found pages about 16th century