1516
| 1516 • Italian explorer Rafael Perestrello, a cousin of Christopher Columbus, commands an expedition from Portuguese Malacca to land on the shores of mainland southern China, and trade with Chinese merchants at Guangzhou during the Ming Dynasty. |
1534
Age: 18y
marriageAntoine Du Bois France ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1534 • Gargantua is published by François Rabelais. |
1536
Age: 20y
birth of childCharles Du Bois II Wicres, France ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1536 • Battle of Reynogüelén: First battle between Spanish conquistadors and Mapuches in Chile; start of the Arauco War. |
1560
Age: 44y
| 1560 • At the Battle of Djerba, the Ottoman fleet, commanded by under Piyale Pasha, overwhelms a large joint European (mainly Spanish) fleet, sinking about half its ships. |