Editing 16th century (section)

===1590–1600===
[[File:AbulFazlPresentingAkbarnama.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak]] presenting ''[[Akbarnama]]'' to Mughal Azam [[Akbar]], Mughal miniature]]
* [[1590]]: [[Siege of Odawara (1590)|Siege of Odawara]]: the [[Late Hōjō clan|Go-Hojo clan]] surrender to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Japan is unified.
* [[1591]]: [[List of Crimean khans|Gazi Giray]] leads a huge Tatar expedition against [[Moscow]].
* [[1591]]: In [[Mali]], [[Morocco|Moroccan]] forces of the Sultan [[Ahmad I al-Mansur Saadi|Ahmad al-Mansur]] led by Judar Pasha defeat the [[Songhai Empire]] at the [[Battle of Tondibi]].
* [[1592]]–[[1593]]: [[John Stow]] reports 10,675 [[Black Death|plague]] deaths in [[London]], a city of approximately 200,000 people.
* [[1592]]–[[1598]]: Korea, with the help of [[Ming dynasty]] China, repels [[Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea|two Japanese invasions]].
* [[1593]]–[[1606]]: The [[Long War (Ottoman wars)|Long War]] between the [[Habsburg monarchy]] and the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]].
* [[1594]]: [[St. Paul's College, Macau]], founded by [[Alessandro Valignano]].
* [[1595]]: First Dutch expedition to Indonesia sets sail for the East Indies with two hundred and forty-nine men and sixty-four cannons led by [[Cornelis de Houtman]].<ref name="RICKLEFSp27">Ricklefs (1991), page 27</ref>
* [[1596]]: Birth of [[René Descartes]].
* [[1596]]: June, de Houtman's expedition reaches [[Banten]] the main pepper port of West Java where they clash with both the Portuguese and Indonesians. It then sails east along the north coast of [[Java]] losing twelve crew to a Javanese attack at [[Sidayu]] and killing a local ruler in [[Madura]].<ref name="RICKLEFSp27" />
* [[1597]]: ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' is published.
* [[1597]]: Cornelis de Houtman's expedition returns to the Netherlands with enough spices to make a considerable profit.<ref name="RICKLEFSp27" />
* [[1598]]: The [[Edict of Nantes]] ends the [[French Wars of Religion]].
* [[1598]]: [[Abbas I of Persia|Abbas I]] moves [[Safavids]] capital from [[Qazvin]] to [[Isfahan]] in 1598.
* [[1598]]–[[1613]]: Russia descends into anarchy during the [[Time of Troubles]].
* [[1598]]: The Portuguese require an armada of 90 ships to put down a Solorese uprising.<ref name="RICKLEFS_p25" /> (to 1599)
* [[1598]]: More Dutch fleets leave for Indonesia and most are profitable.<ref name="RICKLEFSp27" />[[File:Sekigaharascreen.jpg|thumb|[[Edo period]] screen depicting the [[Battle of Sekigahara]]|290x290px]]
* [[1598]]: The province of [[Santa Fe de Nuevo México]] is established in Northern [[New Spain]]. The region would later become a territory of Mexico, the [[New Mexico Territory]] in the United States, and the US State of [[New Mexico]].
* [[1598]]: Death of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], known as the unifier of Japan.
* [[1599]]: The [[Mali Empire]] is defeated at the [[Battle of Jenné]].
* [[1599]]: The van Neck expedition returns to Europe. The expedition makes a 400 per cent profit.<ref name="RICKLEFSp27" /> (to 1600)
* [[1599]]: March, Leaving Europe the previous year, a [[Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia (1598-1600)|fleet]] of eight ships under [[Jacob van Neck]] was the first Dutch fleet to reach the ‘Spice Islands’ of Maluku.<ref name="RICKLEFSp27" />
* [[1600]]: [[Giordano Bruno]] is burned at the stake for [[Christian heresy|heresy]] in [[Rome]].[[File:Fülek megvétele 1593-ban.jpg|thumb|Siege of [[Fiľakovo]] castle during the [[Long Turkish War]]|290x290px]]
* [[1600]]: [[Battle of Sekigahara]] in [[Japan]]. End of the [[Sengoku period|Warring States period]] and beginning of the [[Edo period]].
* [[1600]]: The Portuguese win a major naval battle in the bay of Ambon.<ref name="RICKLEFSp28">Ricklefs (1991), page 28</ref> Later in the year, the Dutch join forces with the local Hituese in an anti-Portuguese alliance, in return for which the Dutch would have the sole right to purchase spices from Hitu.<ref name="RICKLEFSp28" />
* [[1600]]: [[Elizabeth I]] grants a charter to the [[British East India Company]] beginning the English advance in Asia.
* [[1600]]: [[Michael the Brave]] unifies the three principalities: [[Wallachia]], [[Moldavia]] and [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Transylvania]] after the [[Battle of Șelimbăr]] from 1599.
{{for|later events|Timeline of the 17th century}}