Explore 178 historical events from 1560–1569.
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)
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)
Pietro Carnesecchi was an Italian humanist.
Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (born 1508)
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
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.
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.
The siege of Inabayama Castle of 1567 was the final battle in Oda Nobunaga's campaign to defeat the Saitō clan in their mountaintop castle and conquer Mino Province, Japan.
The siege of Inabayama Castle, the final battle in Oda Nobunaga's campaign to conquer Mino Province, began; it…
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)
Edward Alleyn was an English actor who was a major figure of the Elizabethan theatre and founder of the College of God's Gift in Dulwich.
Edward Alleyn, English actor and major figure of the Elizabethan theatre; founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's…
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, also known as 'the Great Earl of Cork', was an English politician who served as Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland.
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (died 1643)
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)
Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566. The longest reign among the Ottoman sultans, his rule brought about a notable peak…
Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan (born 1494)
Nikola IV Zrinski or Miklós IV Zrínyi, also commonly known as Nikola Šubić Zrinski, was a Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and general, Ban of Croatia from 1542 until 1556, royal master…
Nikola Šubić Zrinski, Croatian general (born 1506)
Johann or Johannes Agricola was a German Protestant Reformer during the Protestant Reformation. He was a follower and friend of Martin Luther, who became his antagonist in the matt…
Johannes Agricola, German theologian and academic (born 1494)
Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566. The longest reign among the Ottoman sultans, his rule brought about a notable peak…
Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, died at the age of 71.
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)