Explore 86 historical events from 1560–1569.
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, …
Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (died 1643)
Wilhelm von Grumbach was a German adventurer, chiefly known through his connection with the so-called "Grumbach Feud", the last attempt of the Imperial Knights to prevail against t…
Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (born 1503)
Michael Stifel or Styfel was a German monk, Protestant reformer and mathematician. He was an Augustinian who became an early supporter of Martin Luther. He was later appointed prof…
Michael Stifel, German monk and mathematician (born 1487)
Guido de Bres was a Walloon pastor, Protestant reformer and theologian, a student of John Calvin and Theodore Beza in Geneva. He was born in Mons, County of Hainaut, Southern Nethe…
Guido de Bres, Belgian pastor and theologian (born 1522)
Anna of Brandenburg was the duchess consort of Mecklenburg from 1524 to 1567.
Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg (born 1507)
Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication on 24 July 1567.
Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son, who became James VI.
Shane O'Neill was an Irish chieftain of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster in the mid-16th century. Shane O'Neill's career was marked by his ambition to be the O'Neill—sovereign of the …
Shane O'Neill, head of the O'Neill dynasty in Ireland (born 1530)
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, was an English lawyer, statesman, and nobleman who served as Lord Chancellor of England during the reign of King Edward VI from 1547 to 1551. He amass…
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, English politician, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1490)
Erik XIV or Eric XIV became King of Sweden following the death of his father, Gustav I, on 29 September 1560. During a 1568 rebellion against him, Erik was incarcerated by his half…
The mentally ill King Erik XIV of Sweden (pictured) and his guards murdered five incarcerated nobles, including some mem
James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603, un…
The infant James VI was crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
Mehmed III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. Mehmed was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the Long Turk…
Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (died 1603)
James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603, un…
James VI and I of the United Kingdom (died 1625)
Sigismund III Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the …
Sigismund III Vasa, Polish and Swedish king (died 1632)
Louise Charlin Perrin Labé, also identified as La Belle Cordière after her father's job, was a French Renaissance poet from Lyon.
Louise Labé, French poet and author (born 1520)
Diane de Poitiers was a French noblewoman and courtier who wielded much power and influence as King Henry II's royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position increased he…
Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France (born 1499)
Luca Ghini was an Italian physician and botanist, notable as the creator of the first recorded herbarium, as well as the first botanical garden in Europe.
Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (born 1490)
Leonhart Fuchs, sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs and cited in Latin as Leonhartus Fuchsius, was a German physician and botanist. His chief notability is as the author of a large bo…
Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (born 1501)
Michel de Nostredame, usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties, a collectio…
Nostradamus, French astrologer and author (born 1503)
Bartolomé de las Casas, OP ; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish lawyer, clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as a historian and social reformer. He a…
Bartolomé de las Casas, Spanish bishop and historian (born c.1484)
Guillaume Rondelet, also known as Rondeletus/Rondeletius, was Regius professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier in southern France and Chancellor of the University betw…
Guillaume Rondelet, French doctor (born 1507)
Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu, is a highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 965,332 pe…
Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines
The Great Siege of Malta occurred in 1565 when the Ottoman Empire attempted to conquer the island of Malta, then held by the Knights Hospitaller. The siege lasted nearly four month…
The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta
Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication on 24 July 1567.
The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh,…
Dragut was an Ottoman corsair, naval commander, governor, and noble. Under his command, the Ottoman Empire's maritime power was extended across North Africa. Recognized for his mil…
Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta