Battles of the 16th century
146 battles fought in the 16th century, from across the world, each with its location and the nearest place to visit.
- Battle of the Siritsa River1501
- Battle of Cerignola1503
- Battle of Garigliano1504
- Capture of Mers-el-Kébir1505 · nearest place to visit: Oran, Algeria
- Battle of Kletsk1506
- Battle of Agnadello1509 · nearest place to visit: Milan, Italy
- Battle of Diu1509
- Capture of Malacca1511 · nearest place to visit: Malacca, Malaysia
- Battle of Ravenna1512 · nearest place to visit: San Marino, San Marino
- Battle of Saint-Mathieu1512
- Battle of Flodden1513
- Battle of Guinegate1513 · nearest place to visit: Lille, France
- Battle of La Motta1513 · nearest place to visit: Trento, Italy
- Battle of Novara1513 · nearest place to visit: Milan, Italy
- Battle of Chaldiran1514
- Battle of Orsha1514
- Battle of Marignano1515 · nearest place to visit: Milan, Italy
- Battle of Marj Dabiq1516 · nearest place to visit: Aleppo, Syria
- Battle of Yaunis Khan1516 · nearest place to visit: Gaza, Palestinian Territory
- Battle of Arita-Nakaide1517 · nearest place to visit: Hiroshima, Japan
- Battle of Bogesund1520 · nearest place to visit: Jönköping, Sweden
- Battle of Otumba1520 · nearest place to visit: Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
- La Noche Triste1520
- Battle of Mactan1521 · nearest place to visit: Cebu City, Philippines
- Battle of Noáin1521 · nearest place to visit: Iturrama, Spain
- Battle of Pamplona1521 · nearest place to visit: Primer Ensanche, Spain
- Battle of Villalar1521 · nearest place to visit: Valladolid, Spain
- First Battle of Tamao1521 · nearest place to visit: Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
- Siege of Belgrade1521 · nearest place to visit: Belgrade, Serbia
- Battle of Bicocca1522 · nearest place to visit: Milan, Italy
- Siege of Rhodes1522
- Siege of Marseille1524 · nearest place to visit: Marseille, France
- Battle of Frankenhausen1525 · nearest place to visit: Erfurt, Germany
- Battle of Pavia1525 · nearest place to visit: Milan, Italy
- Battle of Mohács1526 · nearest place to visit: Pécs, Hungary
- Battle of Panipat1526
- Battle of Khanwa1527 · nearest place to visit: Agra, India
- Battle of Olshanitsa1527
- Battle of Formentera1529
- Battle of Landriano1529 · nearest place to visit: Milan, Italy
- Battle of Gavinana1530 · nearest place to visit: Florence, Italy
- Battle of Obertyn1531 · nearest place to visit: Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
- Battle of Cajamarca1532 · nearest place to visit: Cajamarca, Peru
- Siege of Güns1532 · nearest place to visit: Semmering Railway, Austria
- Battle of Ollantaytambo1537
- Battle of Las Salinas1538
- Battle of Preveza1538
- Battle of Alborán1540
- Battle of Azukizaka1542 · nearest place to visit: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Japan
- Battle of Sezawa1542
- Battle of Solway Moss1542 · nearest place to visit: Lake District, United Kingdom
- Battle of Ceresole1544 · nearest place to visit: Bra, Italy
- Battle of the Solent1545 · nearest place to visit: Southampton, United Kingdom
- Siege of Kawagoe Castle1545 · nearest place to visit: Niiza, Japan
- Battle of Drakenburg1547 · nearest place to visit: Hannover, Germany
- Battle of Mühlberg1547 · nearest place to visit: Dresden, Germany
- Battle of Pinkie1547 · nearest place to visit: Flying Scotsman, United Kingdom
- Battle of Shiojiritōge1548
- Battle of Uedahara1548 · nearest place to visit: Nagano, Japan
- Capture of Aden1548 · nearest place to visit: Aden, Yemen
- Battle of Akatsuka1552 · nearest place to visit: Nagoya, Japan
- Battle of Palast1552
- Battles of Kawanakajima1553 · nearest place to visit: Nagano, Japan
- Battle of Tucapel1554
- Capture of Fez1554 · nearest place to visit: Fes, Morocco
- Battle of Miyajima1555 · nearest place to visit: Hiroshima, Japan
- Battle of Inō1556 · nearest place to visit: Nagoya, Japan
- Battle of Nagara-gawa1556 · nearest place to visit: Gifu, Japan
- Battle of Panipat1556
- Battle of St. Quentin1557
- Battle of Gravelines1558 · nearest place to visit: Dover–Calais, English Channel
- Battle of Wadi al-Laban1558 · nearest place to visit: Fes, Morocco
- Battle of Djerba1560
- Battle of Ergeme1560
- Battle of Okehazama1560 · nearest place to visit: Nagoya, Japan
- Battle of Dreux1562
- Battle of Ula1564
- Battle of Axtorna1565 · nearest place to visit: Halmstad, Sweden
- Battle of Fukuda Bay1565 · nearest place to visit: Nagasaki, Japan
- Battle of Talikota1565
- Siege of Malta1565 · nearest place to visit: Valletta, Malta
- Siege of Szigetvár1566 · nearest place to visit: Pécs, Hungary
- Battle of Oosterweel1567 · nearest place to visit: Lille, Belgium
- Battle of Saint-Denis1567 · nearest place to visit: Paris, France
- Siege of Chittorgarh1567
- Battle of Dahlen1568 · nearest place to visit: Düsseldorf, Germany
- Battle of Heiligerlee1568 · nearest place to visit: Groningen, Netherlands
- Battle of Jemmingen1568 · nearest place to visit: Groningen, Netherlands
- Battle of San Juan de Ulúa1568
- Battle of Jarnac1569
- Battle of Mimasetōge1569 · nearest place to visit: Noborito, Japan
- Battle of Moncontour1569
- Battle of Anegawa1570 · nearest place to visit: Gifu, Japan
- Battle of Lepanto1571 · nearest place to visit: Pátra, Greece
- Battle of Molodi1572 · nearest place to visit: Moscow, Russia
- Capture of Brielle1572
- Battle of Lode1573
- Battle of Mikatagahara1573
- Battle on the Zuiderzee1573 · nearest place to visit: Lelystad, Netherlands
- Battle of Reimerswaal1574 · nearest place to visit: Lille, Belgium
- Conquest of Tunis1574 · nearest place to visit: Tunis, Tunisia
- Battle of Nagashino1575 · nearest place to visit: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Japan
- Battle of Haldighati1576
- Battle of Tedorigawa1577 · nearest place to visit: Kanazawa, Japan
- Battle of Alcácer Quibir1578
- Battle of Çıldır1578 · nearest place to visit: Kars, Turkey
- Battle of Gembloux1578 · nearest place to visit: Namur, Belgium
- Battle of Mimigawa1578 · nearest place to visit: Miyazaki, Japan
- Battles of Wenden1578
- Siege of Pskov1581
- Battle of Chuvash Cape1582
- Battle of Kannagawa1582 · nearest place to visit: Maebashi, Japan
- Battle of Ponta Delgada1582
- Battle of Tenmokuzan1582
- Battle of Yamazaki1582 · nearest place to visit: Kyoto, Japan
- Battle of Shizugatake1583 · nearest place to visit: Gifu, Japan
- Battle of Komaki and Nagakute1584 · nearest place to visit: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Japan
- Battle of Okitanawate1584 · nearest place to visit: Kumamoto, Japan
- Battle of Empel1585 · nearest place to visit: 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
- Battle of Boksum1586 · nearest place to visit: Leeuwarden, Netherlands
- Battle of Zutphen1586 · nearest place to visit: Arnhem, Netherlands
- Battle of Coutras1587 · nearest place to visit: Bordeaux, France
- Battle of Byczyna1588
- Battle of Arques1589 · nearest place to visit: Rouen, France
- Battle of Flores1591
- Battle of Ch'ungju1592 · nearest place to visit: Cheongju-si, South Korea
- Battle of Dangpo1592 · nearest place to visit: Changwon, South Korea
- Battle of Hansan Island1592 · nearest place to visit: Changwon, South Korea
- Battle of Imjin River1592 · nearest place to visit: Goyang-si, South Korea
- Battle of Okpo1592 · nearest place to visit: Changwon, South Korea
- Battle of Sacheon1592
- Battle of Sisak1593 · nearest place to visit: Zagreb, Croatia
- Battle of Călugăreni1595 · nearest place to visit: Bucharest, Romania
- Battle of Keresztes1596
- Capture of Cadiz1596 · nearest place to visit: Cadiz, Spain
- Battle of Chilcheollyang1597 · nearest place to visit: Changwon, South Korea
- Battle of Myeongnyang1597 · nearest place to visit: Muan, South Korea
- Battle of Noryang1598
- Battle of Stångebro1598 · nearest place to visit: Linköping, Sweden
- Battle of the Yellow Ford1598
- Battle of Curlew Pass1599
- Battle of Jenné1599
- Battle of Sellenberk1599 · nearest place to visit: Sibiu, Romania
- Battle of Imafuku1600 · nearest place to visit: Osaka, Japan
- Battle of Nieuwpoort1600
- Battle of Sekigahara1600 · nearest place to visit: Gifu, Japan