Births on February 16

Gaspard II de Coligny

Born on February 16, 1519

Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (d. 1572)

Gaspard de Coligny (16 February 1519 – 24 August 1572), Seigneur de Châtillon, was a French nobleman and Admiral of France, best remembered as a disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion and a close friend of—and advisor to—the French king, Charles IX.

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22 Apr

Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.
10 Jul

Prince of Ning rebellion
Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing.
20 Aug

Prince of Ning rebellion
Philosopher and general Wang Yangming defeats Zhu Chenhao, ending the Prince of Ning rebellion against the reign of the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor.