THE SPANISH EMPIRE IN THE 16th CENTURY By danielalub Period: 1516 to 1556 CARLOS V 1525 Batle of Pavia 1527 Sack of Rome 1529 The Turks lay siege to Vienna 1538 Annexation of the Dutch of Milan 1547 Battle of Mühlberg 1555 Peace of Augsburg Period: 1556 to 1598 FELIPE II 1557 Battle of Saint-Quentin 1566 Rebellion of the Netherlands 1571 Battle of Lepanto 1580 Felipe II, King of Pirtugal 1588 Spanish Armada