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Concept
Women in warfare (1500–1699)
Summary
Women have played a leading role in active warfare. The following is a list of prominent women in war and their exploits from about 1500 up to about 1699.
Only women active in direct warfare, such as warriors, spies, and women who actively led armies are included in this list.
For women in warfare in what is now the United States during this time period, see Timeline of women in war in the United States, Pre-1945.
Early 16th century: Christopher Columbus reports being fired upon by female archers. Militarists accompanying Francisco de Orellana, Francisco Pizarro and Rodrigo de Bastidas report women fighting alongside men in South America. Various Spanish women fight as conquistadors along the men under Cortés's expedition; among them are María Estrada and Beatriz Bermúdez de Velasco. María de la Candelaria leads a revolt against the European invaders.
Early 16th century: Reign of Amina, ruler of the Hausa empire in Nigeria. She personally led armies on successful campaigns.
16th century: Abbakka, a ruler of Tulu Nadu in India fights the Portuguese army.
16th century: Maeda Matsu saves the Maeda clan from Tokugawa Ieyasu in Battle of Sekigahara and Siege of Osaka.
16th century: Mah Chuchak Begum leads her army in person and defeats Munim Khan at Jalalabad.
16th century: Portuguese explorers report that a group of female warriors existed in the Congo, and that their king assigned regions where only female children were raised. Angola resists the Portuguese under Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba.
16th century: Jeanne d'Albret is involved in the French Wars of Religion. She often accompanied Admiral de Coligny to the battlefield where the fighting was at its most intense; together they inspected the defences and rallied the Huguenot forces.
16th century: Sikhism founded. One of its tenets is equality for women which extends to allowing them into participate in combat and warfare. See for more information.
16th-century: Fujishiro Gozen dies fighting in battle.
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