Explore 178 historical events from 1560–1569.
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)
The Ottoman–Habsburg wars were fought from the 16th to the 18th centuries between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy, which was at times supported by the Kingdom of Hunga…
Ottoman–Habsburg wars: Although Ottoman forces led by Suleiman the Magnificent captured the fortress of Szigetvár in…
The Ottoman–Habsburg wars were fought from the 16th to the 18th centuries between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy, which was at times supported by the Kingdom of Hunga…
Ottoman–Habsburg wars: Ottoman forces led by Suleiman the Magnificent captured the fortress of Szigetvár in Hungary,…
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
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
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,…
The Ottoman Empire, historically also known as the Turkish Empire or Turkey, was a state that spanned much of Southeastern Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century…
Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés was a Spanish admiral, explorer, and conquistador from Avilés, in Asturias, Spain. He is notable for planning the first regular trans-oceanic convoys, whic…
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied…
St. Augustine or Saint Augustine is a city in and the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, United States. Located 40 miles (64 km) south of downtown Jacksonville, the city is …
St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
Philip II, sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent, was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.…
Arrival of the so-called Grande Soccorso ("great relief") by Philip II of Spain to the Great Siege of Malta.
The Matsura clan, also spelled Matsuura, was a medieval and early modern Japanese samurai family who ruled Hirado Domain in Hizen Province on the island of Kyushu. They started as …
Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda…
Hendrick de Keyser was a Dutch sculptor, merchant in Belgium bluestone, and architect who was instrumental in establishing a late Renaissance form of Mannerism changing into Baroqu…
Hendrick de Keyser, Dutch sculptor and architect (died 1621)
Scipione Chiaramonti was an Italian philosopher and noted opponent of Galileo.
Scipione Chiaramonti, Italian philosopher and astronomer (died 1652)
Christina of Lorraine was a noblewoman of the House of Lorraine who became a Grand Duchess of Tuscany by marriage. She served as Regent of Tuscany jointly with her daughter-in-law …
Christina, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (died 1637)
Edward Fortunatus of Baden was Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern and Baden-Baden.
Edward Fortunatus, German nobleman (died 1600)
Marie de Gournay was a French writer. Author of a novel and a number of other literary compositions, including The Equality of Men and Women and The Ladies' Grievance, she insisted…
Marie de Gournay, French writer (died 1645)
Adrianus Turnebus was a French classical scholar.
Adrianus Turnebus, French philologist and scholar (born 1512)
Cipriano de Rore was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy. Not only a central representative of the generation of Franco-Flemish composers after Josquin de…
Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (born 1515)
Ashikaga Yoshiteru , also known as Yoshifushi or Yoshifuji, was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the 13th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1546 to 1565 during the la…
Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shōgun (born 1536)
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, Ottoman admiral (born 1485)
Lodovico de Ferrari was an Italian mathematician best known today for solving the quartic equation.
Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (born 1522)
Jean Ribault was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United States. He was a major figure in the French attempts to colonize Fl…
Jean Ribault, French-American lieutenant and navigator (born 1520)
Sir Thomas Chaloner was an English statesman and poet.
Thomas Chaloner, English poet and politician (born 1521)