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1566,
1560s BC,
16th century in literature,
1566 Icarus,
Category:1566,
List of state leaders in 1566,
Category:1566 deaths,
Category:1566 births,
Category:1566 in Mexico,
Talk:1566 Icarus
Years: 1563 1564 1565 - 1566 -
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Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s -
1560s -
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Centuries: 15th century -
16th century -
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Events
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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.
Births
*
May 26 -
Mehmed III,
Ottoman Emperor (died
1603)
*
June 19 - King
James VI of Scotland/
James I of England and Ireland (died
1625)
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June 20 (O.S.) - King
Sigismund III Vasa (d.
1632)
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August 12 -
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (d.
1633)
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September 1 -
Edward Alleyn, English actor (died
1626)
*
September 18 - King
Sigismund III Vasa/
Sigismund I of Sweden (died
1632)
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October 13 -
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (died
1643)
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November 10 -
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (died
1601)
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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)
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January 7 -
Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (born
1506)
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February 3 -
George Cassander, Flemish theologian (born
1513)
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March 9 -
David Rizzio, Italian secretary of
Mary I of Scotland (born
1533)
*
March 26 -
Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer and organist (born
1510)
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March 28 -
Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat (born
1486)
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April 25**
Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King
Henri II of France (born
1499)
**
Louise Labé, French poet (born
1525)
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May 4 -
Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (born
1490)
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May 10 -
Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and a botanist (born
1501)
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July 1 -
Nostradamus, French astrologer (born
1503)
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July 17 -
Bartolomé de Las Casas, Spanish priest (b.
1484)
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September 5 -
Suleiman the Magnificent,
Ottoman Sultan (born
1494)
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September 22 -
Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (born
1494)
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Jacob Acontius, Swiss jurist
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Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (born
1500)
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Richard Edwards, English poet (born
1523)
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Thomas Hoby, English diplomat and translator (born
1530)
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Kimotsuki Kanetsugu, Japanese samurai (born
1511)
*
Calvagh O'Donnell, Irish chieftain
*
Guillaume Rondelet, French doctor (born
1507)
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Marco Girolamo Vida, Italian poet (born
1490)
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Taddeo Zuccaro, Italian painter (born
1529)
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