Timeline of Polish History - 16th Century

16th Century

Year Date Event
1501 17 June Death of Jan I Olbracht
3 October Union of Mielnik
12 December Coronation of Alexander Jagiellon
1505 3 May Signing of act of Nihil novi
1506 19 August Death of Alexander Jagiellon
1507 24 January Coronation of Sigismund I the Old
1513 Hortulus Animae, polonice published
1515 July First Congress of Vienna
1519 Polish-Teutonic War begins
1521 Polish-Teutonic War concludes
1525 8 April Signing of the Treaty of Kraków
10 April Prussian Homage
1526 Annexation of Duchy of Masovia
1530 20 February Coronation of Sigismund II August
1537 Chicken War
1543 De revolutionibus orbium coelestium published
1548 1 April Death of Zygmunt I the Old
1558 Livonian War begins
1561 28 November Signing of Wilno Pact
1563 Northern Seven Years' War begins
1569 1 July Signing of the Union of Lublin
1570 Signing of Sandomierz Agreement
13 December Signing of the Treaty of Stettin concludes the Northern Seven Years' War
1572 7 July Death of Zygmunt II August
1573 28 January Signing of the Warsaw Confederation
11 May Election of Henry of Valois
1574 21 February Coronation of Henry Valois
18 June Flight of Henry Valois
1575 9 December Election of Stephen Báthory
1576 1 May Coronation of Stephen Batory and Anna Jagiellon
1579 Founding of Vilnius University
1582 15 January Signing of the Truce of Jam Zapolski concludes Commonwealth participation in the Livonian War
15 October Adoption of Gregorian calendar
1586 12 December Death of Stefan Batory
1587 19 August Election of Sigismund III Vasa
27 December Coronation of Sigismund III Waza
1591 Kosiński Uprising begins
1593 Kosiński Uprising ends
1594 Nalyvaiko Uprising begins
1596 Nalyvaiko Uprising ends
Transfer of capital from Kraków to Warsaw
Union of Brest concludes

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