Editing 16th century (section)

===[[1560s]]===
[[File:Akbar shoots Jaimal at the siege of Chitor.jpg|thumb|The [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Akbar]] shoots the [[Rajput]] warrior Jaimal during the [[Siege of Chittorgarh (1567–1568)|Siege of Chittorgarh]] in 1567|359x359px]]
* [[1560]]: [[Ottoman navy]] defeats the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] fleet at the [[Battle of Djerba]].
* [[1560]]: [[Elizabeth Bathory]] is born in Nyirbator, Hungary.
* [[1560]]: By winning the [[Battle of Okehazama]], [[Oda Nobunaga]] becomes one of the pre-eminent warlords of [[Japan]].
* [[1560]]: [[Jeanne d'Albret]] declares [[Calvinism]] the official religion of [[Kingdom of Navarre|Navarre]].
* [[1560]]: [[St. Lazarus' Church, Macau|Lazarus Church, Macau]] 
* [[1561]]: Sir [[Francis Bacon]] is born in [[London]].
* [[1561]]: The [[battles of Kawanakajima|fourth battle of Kawanakajima]] between the Uesugi and Takeda at Hachimanbara takes place.
* [[1561]]: [[Guido de Bres]] draws up the [[Belgic Confession]] of Protestant faith.
* [[1562]]: [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Akbar]] reconciles the Muslim and Hindu factions by marrying into the powerful [[Rajput]] Hindu caste.
* [[1562]]–[[1598]]: [[French Wars of Religion]] between [[Catholics]] and [[Huguenot]]s.
* [[1562]]: [[Massacre of Wassy]] and [[Battle of Dreux]] in the [[French Wars of Religion]].
* [[1562]]: Portuguese [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] priests build a palm-trunk fortress which [[Javanese people|Javanese]] [[Muslim]]s burned down the following year. The fort was rebuilt from more durable materials and the Dominicans commenced the [[Christianity|Christianisation]] of the local population.<ref name="RICKLEFS_p25" />
* [[1563]]: [[Black Death|Plague]] outbreak claimed 80,000 people in [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] [[Kingdom of England|England]]. In [[London]] alone, over 20,000 people died of the disease.
* [[1564]]: [[Galileo Galilei]] born on February 15
* [[1564]]: [[William Shakespeare]] baptized 26 April
* [[1565]]: [[Deccan sultanates]] defeat the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] at the [[Battle of Talikota]].
* [[1565]]: [[Mir Chakar Khan Rind]] dies at aged 97.
* [[1565]]: [[Estácio de Sá]] establishes [[Rio de Janeiro]] in [[Brazil]].
* [[1565]]: The [[Knights Hospitaller|Hospitallers]], a Crusading Order, defeat the [[Ottoman Empire]] at the [[siege of Malta (1565)]].
* [[1565]]: [[Miguel López de Legazpi]] establishes in [[Cebu]] the first Spanish settlement in the [[Philippines]] starting a period of Spanish colonization that would last over three hundred years.
* [[1565]]: Spanish navigator [[Andres de Urdaneta]] discovers the maritime route from Asia to the Americas across the [[Pacific Ocean]], also known as the ''tornaviaje''.
* [[1565]]: [[Royal Exchange, London|Royal Exchange]] is founded by [[Thomas Gresham]].
* [[1566]]: [[Suleiman the Magnificent]], ruler of the [[Ottoman Empire]], dies on September 7, during the [[battle of Szigetvar]].[[File:Famien Strada Histoire-Taking of Valenciennes-ppn087811480 MG 8902T2p025.tif|thumb|[[Siege of Valenciennes (1567)|Siege of Valenciennes]] during the [[Eighty Years' War|Dutch War of Independence]] in 1567|280x280px]]
* [[1566]]–[[1648]]: [[Eighty Years' War]] between Spain and the [[Netherlands]].
* [[1566]]: Da le Balle Contrade d'Oriente, composed by [[Cipriano de Rore]].
* [[1567]]: After 45 years' reign, [[Jiajing Emperor]] died in the [[Forbidden City]], [[Longqing Emperor]] ascended the throne of [[Ming dynasty]].
* [[1567]]: [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], is imprisoned by [[Elizabeth I]].
* [[1568]]: The [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Transylvanian]] [[Diet (assembly)|Diet]], under the patronage of the prince [[John Sigismund Zápolya]], the former [[king of Hungary]], inspired by the teachings of [[Ferenc Dávid]], the founder of the [[Unitarian Church of Transylvania]], promulgates the [[Edict of Torda]], the first law of [[freedom of religion]] and of conscience in the World.
* [[1568]]–[[1571]]: [[Morisco Revolt]] in Spain.
* [[1568]]–[[1600]]: The [[Azuchi-Momoyama period]] in Japan.
* [[1568]]: Hadiwijaya sent his adopted son and son in-law [[Senopati|Sutawijaya]], who would later become the first ruler of the [[Mataram Sultanate|Mataram]] dynasty of Indonesia, to kill [[Arya Penangsang]].
* [[1569]]: [[Rising of the North]] in England.
* [[1569]]: [[Mercator 1569 world map]] published by [[Gerardus Mercator]].
* [[1569]]: The [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] is created with the [[Union of Lublin]] which lasts until [[1795]].
* [[1569]]: Peace treaty signed by Sultan Hairun of Ternate and Governor Lopez De Mesquita of Portugal.