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The 16th century began with the Julian year 1501 ... An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online free; External links
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The conflicts that arose between both powers were finally solved with the Treaty of Zaragoza in 1529, which defined the areas of Spanish and Portuguese influence in Asia, establishing the anti-meridian, or line of demarcation on the other side of the world. [16] During the 16th century the Portuguese continued to press both eastwards and ...
Historia antipodum oder newe Welt, or History of the New World, by Matthäus Merian the Elder, published in 1631. The Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci is usually credited for coming up with the term "New World" (Mundus Novus) for the Americas in his 1503 letter, giving it its popular cachet, although similar terms had been used and applied before him.
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1500 to 1799 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1500 and 1799. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
8 16th century. 9 17th century. 10 18th century. ... (World War II) 1941–45 A Soviet IS ... Outline of war § History of war – a complete global listing;
This is a list of state leaders in the 16th century (1501–1600) AD, except for the leaders within the Holy Roman Empire, and the leaders within South Asia. These polities are generally sovereign states , but excludes minor dependent territories , whose leaders can be found listed under territorial governors in the 16th century .
The Price Revolution, sometimes known as the Spanish Price Revolution, was a series of economic events that occurred between the second half of the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century, and most specifically linked to the high rate of inflation that occurred during this period across Western Europe. Prices rose on average roughly ...