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1566
Events
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Events
January 7
-
Pope Pius V
succeeds
Pope Pius IV
as the 223rd
pope
Selim II
succeeds
Suleiman I
as
Sultan
of the
Ottoman Empire
Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the
Eighty Years' War
in the Netherlands.
The first
bridge
crossing the
Neretva river
at
Mostar
(in modern-day
Bosnia and Herzegovina
) is completed by the
Ottoman Empire
. The white
marble
bridge is now known as
Stari Most
(or "Old Bridge").
Spanish
Doubloon
first made during the rein of
Phillip II of Spain
.
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Births
May 26
-
Mehmed III
,
Ottoman Emperor
(died
1603
)
June 19
- King
James VI of Scotland
/
James I of England
and Ireland (died
1625
)
June 20
(O.S.) - King
Sigismund III Vasa
(d.
1632
)
August 12
-
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain
(d.
1633
)
September 1
-
Edward Alleyn
, English actor (died
1626
)
September 18
- King
Sigismund III Vasa
/
Sigismund I of Sweden
(died
1632
)
October 13
-
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
, Irish politician (died
1643
)
November 10
-
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
, English politician (died
1601
)
December 11
- (baptised) -
Manuel Cardoso
, Portuguese composer (died
1650
)
December 20
-
Edward Wightman
, English Baptist martyr (died
1612
)
Pietro Cerone
, Italian music theorist (died
1625
)
Giovanni Baglione
, Italian painter and historian of art (died
1643
)
Jan Jesenius
, Slovak physician (died
1621
)
Michal Sedziwój
, Polish alchemist (died
1636
)
James Sempill
, Scottish theologian (died
1626
)
See also .
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Deaths
January 7
-
Louis de Blois
, Flemish mystical writer (born
1506
)
February 3
-
George Cassander
, Flemish theologian (born
1513
)
March 9
-
David Rizzio
, Italian secretary of
Mary I of Scotland
(born
1533
)
March 26
-
Antonio de Cabezón
, Spanish composer and organist (born
1510
)
March 28
-
Sigismund von Herberstein
, Austrian diplomat (born
1486
)
April 25
Diane de Poitiers
, mistress of King
Henri II of France
(born
1499
)
Louise Labé
, French poet (born
1525
)
May 4
-
Luca Ghini
, Italian physician and botanist (born
1490
)
May 10
-
Leonhart Fuchs
, German physician and a botanist (born
1501
)
July 1
-
Nostradamus
, French astrologer (born
1503
)
July 17
-
Bartolomé de Las Casas
, Spanish priest (b.
1484
)
September 5
-
Suleiman the Magnificent
,
Ottoman Sultan
(born
1494
)
September 22
-
Johannes Agricola
, German protestant reformer (born
1494
)
Jacob Acontius
, Swiss jurist
Charles Dumoulin
, French jurist (born
1500
)
Richard Edwards
, English poet (born
1523
)
Thomas Hoby
, English diplomat and translator (born
1530
)
Kimotsuki Kanetsugu
, Japanese samurai (born
1511
)
Calvagh O'Donnell
, Irish chieftain
Guillaume Rondelet
, French doctor (born
1507
)
Marco Girolamo Vida
, Italian poet (born
1490
)
Taddeo Zuccaro
, Italian painter (born
1529
)
See also .
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