List of wars and battles in the 16th century
Battles that cannot be clearly assigned to specific wars are highlighted in gray.
16th Century
| Since 1402–1515 | Ennetbirgische campaigns | ||
| 1513, June 6th | Battle of Novara | ||
| 1513, August 16 | Battle of Guinegate | ||
| 1515, 13./14. September | Battle of Marignano | ||
| Since 1494–1559 | Italian Wars | ||
| 1503, April 21 | Battle of Cerignola , Spain defeated France | ||
| 1509, May 14 | Battle of Agnadello , France defeats Venice | ||
| 1512, April 11th | Battle of Ravenna , France defeated Holy League | ||
| 1513, June 6th | Battle of Novara (1513) , Swiss defeat Franco-Venetian army | ||
| 1515, 13./14. September | Battle of Marignano , France defeated Swiss | ||
| 1522, April 29 | Battle of Bicocca , Habsburgs defeat France | ||
| 1525, February 24th | Battle of Pavia , Habsburgs defeat France | ||
| 1544, April 11th | Battle of Ceresole , Spain and England defeat France | ||
| 1557, August 10th | Battle of Saint-Quentin , Spain defeated France | ||
| 1558, July 13th | Battle of Gravelines , Habsburgs defeat France | ||
| 1509 | Battle of Agnadello | ||
| 1513 | Battle of Novara | ||
| 1519-1521 | Spanish conquest of Mexico | ||
| 1519-1523 | Hildesheim collegiate feud | ||
| 1519, June 28th | Battle of Soltau , Principality of Hildesheim defeated Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Principality of Calenberg | ||
| 1524-1526 | German Peasants' War | ||
| 1525, May 15th | Battle of Frankenhausen | ||
| 1526, April 20th | First battle at Panipat , Babur defeats the Sultanate of Delhi and establishes the Mughal Empire in northern India | ||
| 1526-1555 | Fourth Venetian Turkish War, First Austrian Turkish War | ||
| 1526, August 29 | Battle of Mohács , Turks defeat Hungarians | ||
| 1529 | First Burmese-Siamese War | ||
| 1532-36 | Spanish conquest of Peru | ||
| 1532, November 16 | Battle of Cajamarca , Spaniards defeat Inca | ||
| 1538, April 26th | Battle of Las Salinas | ||
| 1534/35 | Count feud | ||
| 1538 | Second Burmese-Siamese War | ||
| 1543 | 21st of February | Battle of Wayna Daga | |
| 1546-1547 | Schmalkaldic War | ||
| 1548-1549 | Third Burmese-Siamese War | ||
| 1552-1555 | Second Margrave War | ||
| 1553, July 9th | Battle of Sievershausen , Moritz von Sachsen and Duke Heinrich von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel win over Albrecht Alcibiades von Brandenburg-Kulmbach | ||
| 1554, June | Battle of Schwarzach , Moritz von Sachsen and Duke Heinrich von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel win over Albrecht Alcibiades von Brandenburg-Kulmbach | ||
| 1558-1582 | Livonian War | ||
| 1562-1563 | First Huguenot War | ||
| 1562, December 19th | Battle of Dreux , Catholic army defeats the Huguenots | ||
| 1563-1570 | Three crown war | also Seven Years Northern War | |
| 1564-1569 | Fourth Burmese-Siamese War | ||
| 1565 | Battle of Affane | ||
| 1566-1568 | Second Austrian Turkish War | ||
| 1568-1648 | Eighty Years War | ||
| 1573, April 17th | Battle of Vlissingen ( Schelde near Vlissingen), the Geusen against Spain: stalemate with the withdrawal of the Spanish Armada | ||
| 1570-1573 | Fifth Venetian Turkish War | ||
| 1571, October 7th | Sea battle of Lepanto (Gulf of Corinth), Spain, Genoa, Malta, Venice and the Vatican defeat the Ottomans | ||
| 1574 | Fifth Siamese-Burmese War | ||
| 1583 | Siamese-Cambodian War | ||
| 1584-1592 | Sixth Burmese-Siamese War | ||
| 1585-1598 | Eighth Huguenot War | ||
| 1588, August 8th | Battle of Gravelines (English Channel), defeat of the Spanish Armada off England | ||
| 1592-1598 | Imjin war | ||
| 1593-1594 | Siamese-Cambodian-Burmese War | ||
| 1593-1606 | Third Austrian Turkish War | ||
| 1593, June 22 | Battle of Sissek , Austrians defeat Turks | ||
| 1596, 23-26 October | Battle of Mezökeresztes , Turks defeat Austrians | ||
| 1594-1603 | Nine Years War (Ireland) | ||
| 1595, May 27th | Battle of Clontibret , Irish rebels defeat the English | ||
| 1597, November 4th | Battle of Carrickfergus , MacDonnell Clan defeated the English | ||
| 1598, August | Battle of the Yellow Ford , Irish rebels defeat the English | ||
| 1599, August 15th | Battle of Curlew Pass , Irish rebels defeat the English | ||
| 1599, November | Siege of Cahir Castle , English defeat Irish rebels | ||
| 1600, September 20 to October 9 | Battle of Moyry Pass , Irish rebels defeat the English | ||
| 1602, January 3 | Battle of Kinsale , English defeat Irish rebels and Spanish | ||
| 1602, 5th-18th centuries June | Siege of Dunboy Castle , English defeat Irish rebels and Spaniards | ||
| 1595-1597 | Second Upper Austrian Peasants' War | ||
| 1477-1600 | Warring States Period in Japan | ||
| 1600, October 22 | Battle of Sekigahara , Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats his rival, Tokugawa shoguns begin to rule in Japan | ||
| 1600-1611 | Swedish-Polish War |