16th century

Summary

16th century is a century^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of century entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (573 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 16th century's instance of is recorded as century^[3].
• 16th century's follows is recorded as 15th century^[4].
• 16th century's followed by is recorded as 17th century^[5].
• 16th century's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85123070^[6].
• 16th century's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2002012470^[7].
• 16th century's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11976033q^[8].
• 16th century's part of is recorded as 2nd millennium^[9].
• 16th century's Commons category is recorded as 16th century^[10].
• 16th century's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D049669^[11].
• 16th century's has part is recorded as 1500s^[12].
• 16th century's has part is recorded as 1510s^[13].
• 16th century's has part is recorded as 1520s^[14].
• 16th century's has part is recorded as 1530s^[15].
• 16th century's has part is recorded as 1540s^[16].
• 16th century's has part is recorded as 1550s^[17].
• 16th century's has part is recorded as 1560s^[18].
• 16th century's has part is recorded as 1570s^[19].
• 16th century's has part is recorded as 1580s^[20].
• 16th century's has part is recorded as 1590s^[21].
• 16th century's start time is recorded as +1501-01-01T00:00:00Z^[22].
• 16th century's end time is recorded as +1600-12-31T00:00:00Z^[23].
• 16th century's point in time is recorded as +1600-01-01T00:00:00Z^[24].
• 16th century's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08b23^[25].
• 16th century's MeSH tree code is recorded as K01.400.475.750^[26].
• 16th century's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ch460554^[27].

Why It Matters

16th century ranks in the top 5% of century entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (573 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]