Editing 16th century (section)

===[[1580s]]===
[[File:La batalla de Gravelinas, por Nicholas Hilliard.jpg|thumb|The fall of [[Spanish Armada]]|290x290px]]
* [[1580]]: [[Francis Drake|Drake]]'s royal reception after his attacks on Spanish possessions influences [[Philip II of Spain]] to build up the [[Spanish Armada]]. English ships in Spanish harbours are impounded.
* [[1580]]: Spain unifies with Portugal under [[Philip II of Spain|Philip II]]. The [[struggle for the throne of Portugal]] ends the [[Portuguese Empire]]. The Spanish and Portuguese crowns are [[Iberian Union|united]] for 60 years, i.e. until 1640.
* [[1580]]–[[1587]]: [[Nagasaki]] comes under control of the [[Jesuits]].
* [[1581]]: Dutch [[Act of Abjuration]], declaring abjuring allegiance to Philip II of Spain.
* [[1581]]: [[Bayinnaung]] dies at the age of 65.
* [[1582]]: [[Oda Nobunaga]] commits [[seppuku]] during the [[Honnō-ji Incident]] coup by his general, [[Akechi Mitsuhide]].
* [[1582]]: [[Pope Gregory XIII]] issues the [[Gregorian calendar]]. The last day of the Julian calendar was Thursday, 4 October 1582 and this was followed by the first day of the Gregorian calendar, Friday, 15 October 1582
* [[1582]]: [[Yermak Timofeyevich]] conquers the [[Siberia Khanate]] on behalf of the [[Stroganovs]].
* [[1583]]: Denmark builds the world's first theme park, [[Dyrehavsbakken|Bakken]].
* [[1583]]: Death of Sultan [[Babullah of Ternate]].
* [[1584]]–[[1585]]: After the [[Siege of Antwerp (1584-1585)|siege of Antwerp]], many of its merchants flee to [[Amsterdam]]. According to Luc-Normand Tellier, "At its peak, between 1510 and 1557, [[Antwerp]] concentrated about 40% of the world trade...It is estimated that the port of Antwerp was earning the Spanish crown seven times more revenues than the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Americas]]."<ref>Luc-Normand Tellier (2009). "''[https://books.google.com/books?id=cXuCjDbxC1YC&pg=PA308 Urban world history: an economic and geographical perspective]''". PUQ. p.308. {{ISBN|2-7605-1588-5}}</ref>
* [[1584]]: [[Gedhe Pamanahan|Ki Ageng Pemanahan]] died. Sultan Pajang raised Sutawijaya, son of Ki Ageng Pemanahan as the new ruler in [[Mataram Sultanate|Mataram]], titled "Loring Ngabehi Market" (because of his home in the north of the market).
* [[1585]]: Akbar annexes [[Kashmir]] and adds it to the [[History of Afghanistan#Mughals, Uzbeks, and Safavids|Kabul Subah]][[File:Fusta_by_Jan_Huygen_van_Linschoten.jpg|thumb|Portuguese [[fusta]] in [[Portuguese India|India]] from a book by [[Jan Huygen van Linschoten]]|260x260px]]
* [[1585]]: Colony at [[Roanoke Colony|Roanoke]] founded in North America.
* [[1585]]–[[1604]]: The [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585)|Anglo-Spanish War]] is fought on both sides of the Atlantic.
* [[1587]]: [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] is executed by [[Elizabeth I]].
* [[1587]]: The reign of [[Abbas I of Persia|Abbas I]] marks the zenith of the [[Safavid dynasty]].
* [[1587]]: Troops that would invade Pajang [[Mataram Sultanate]] storm ravaged the eruption of Mount Merapi. Sutawijaya and his men survived.
* [[1588]]: Mataram into the kingdom with Sutawijaya as Sultan, titled "Senapati Ingalaga Sayidin Panatagama" means the warlord and cleric Manager Religious Life.
* [[1588]]: England repulses the [[Spanish Armada]].
* [[1589]]: Spain repulses the [[English Armada]].
* [[1589]]: [[Catherine de' Medici]] dies at aged 69.