16th century in philosophy

This is a list of philosophy-related events in the 16th century (16th-century philosophy).

Publications

 * 1501 – Nilakantha Somayaji, Tantrasamgraha
 * 1532 – Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
 * 1536 – John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion
 * 1576 – Étienne de La Boétie, Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

Births

 * 1528 – Pedro da Fonseca (d. 1599)
 * 1530 – Jean Bodin (d. 1596)
 * 1 November 1530 – Étienne de La Boétie (d. 1563)
 * 5 January 1548 – Francisco Suárez (d. 1617)
 * 22 January 1561 – Francis Bacon (d. 1626)
 * 17 January 1574 – Robert Fludd (d. 1637)
 * 1575 – Sabatino de Ursis (d. 1620)
 * 24 April 1575 – Jakob Böhme (d. 1624)
 * 5 April 1588 – Thomas Hobbes (d. 1679)
 * 9 June 1589 – John of St. Thomas (d. 1644)
 * 17 January 1600 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca (d. 1681)

Deaths

 * 12 July 1536 – Erasmus of Rotterdam (b. 1466)
 * 18 August 1563 – Étienne de La Boétie (b. 1530)
 * 17 February 1600 – Giordano Bruno (b. 1548)