Year by year · 16th century
1516
1516 in world history: 5 events, 7 births, 6 deaths, 1 work and 3 states founded. 1,005 recorded states existed that year.
Events
Battle
Battle of Marj Dabiq
The Battle of Marj Dabiq was fought in 1516 near Aleppo in northern Syria between the Ottoman Empire under Selim I and the Mamluk Sultanate.
Event
Concordat of Bologna
The Concordat of Bologna was an agreement made in 1516 between Francis I of France and Pope Leo X after the French victory at Marignano.
In the profiles
Regency of AlgiersThe corsair Oruç Barbarossa seizes Algiers
Habsburg SpainCharles I inherits the crowns of Castile and Aragon
Wars and longer events
Born in 1516 7
Died in 1516 6
Works 1
States founded 3
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