1580
July 12 - The Ostrog Bible, the first complete printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published.
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1580
July 12 - The Ostrog Bible, the first complete printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published.
1579
The Union of Atrecht unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain.
1578
Sonam Gyrso receives the title of "Talaï" from prince Atlan Khan and becomes the third Dalai Lama
1577
Sir Francis Drake begins his round-the-world voyage.
1576
English navigator Martin Frobisher, on his search for the Northwest Passage, enters the bay now named after him.
1575
The bubonic plague decimates Venice
Funny how I'm reading a book on the plague!
1574
Manila gains cityhood.
1573
August 27 - Oda Nobunaga drives the 15th Ashikaga shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki out of Kyoto, effectively destroying the Ashikaga shogunate and historically ending the Muromachi period. The Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japan begins.
1572
End of the Muromachi period in Japan.
1571
Moscow is burnt by the Crimean army under Devlet I Giray.
1570 Ivan the Terrible starts the massacre of Novgorod
1569
January 11-May 6 - First recorded lottery in England performed nonstop at the west door of the St. Paul's Cathedral. Each share costs 10 shillings and proceeds are used to repair the harbors and for other public works
April 10 - Emilia of Nassau, daughter of William the Silent (died 1629)
1568
Henry Wotton born
Roger Ascham died
1567
The Rugby School, one of the oldest public schools in England, is founded.
1566
Pope Pius V succeeds Pope Pius IV as the 225th pope.
1565
The Great Siege of Malta
Miles Coverdale died (possibly)
1564
Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death.
(I think that rule still applies in Bristol, Pa)
1563
Martynas Mazvydas dies
Jodocus Hondius born
1562
January - June
* January 6 - Earl of Tyrone ends his first rebellion by surrendering to Queen Elizabeth I of England
* January 17 - Huguenots were recognized under the Edict of Saint-Germain
* March 1 - Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by the ultra-Catholic Francis, Duke of Guise in Wassy-sur-Blaise marking the start of the First War of Religion in France. Protestant forces led by Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and Gaspard de Coligny quickly seize control of Orleans, Rouen, and other cities throughout France.
* May 1 Jean Ribault, French navigator, lands in Florida and later establishes a Huguenot colony at Charlesfort
* May 26 - Earl of Tyrone leads a second rebellion in Ireland
July - December
* September 20 - English forces under Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, land in Newhaven (Le Havre) to aid the Huguenots.
* September 22 - Maximilian, son of the Emperor Ferdinand I, succeeds as King of Bohemia.
* October 26 - Rouen is captured by Royalist forces under Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre, who is mortally wounded.
* November 5 - In Scotland, the rebellion of George Gordon, Earl of Huntly is crushed by James Stewart, Earl of Moray at Corrichie.
* November 20 - Maximilian of Bohemia is elected King of the Romans.
* December 19 - Battle of Dreux. An indecisive battle between Huguenots forces under Condé and Coligny, and Catholic forces under Anne de Montmorency and Guise. The official leaders of both armies (Condé and Montmorency) are captured in the battle.
Undated
* Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. The expedition goes between Guinea and the West Indies.
* French Huguenots establish a colony of Charlesfort on Parris Island of the coast of South Carolina.
* Gresham's School granted a Royal Charter.
You're dead if you kiss someone in public??? Oh dear...Quote:
Originally Posted by Whifflingpin
1561
Madrid is declared the capital of Spain by Philip II
Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome
1560
July 6 - Treaty of Edinburgh between England, France and Scotland.
Elizabeth Bathory born
Philip Melanchthon dies
1559
Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
Elizabeth I establishes the Church of England, with the Act of Uniformity 1559 and the Act of Supremacy 1559.
1558
England's Queen Mary I dies and Elizabeth I succeeds her
1557
Mary I of England joins her husband Philip II of Spain in his war against France.
1556
The Shaanxi Earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China: 830,000 people may have been killed.
1555
Feb 4 - John Rogers burnt at the stake - first protestant to be martyred in reign of Mary I of England.
Georg Bauer (Georgius Agricola) - geologist - dies.
Thomas Cavendish - circumnavigator - born
1554
Marriage of Felipe II to Mary Tudor of England
1553
July 10-Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next 9 days
1552
In Italy, Bartolomeo Eustachi makes important discoveries on the structure of the ear and heart.
1551 :
The National University of Saint Mark is founded in Lima, Peru. It is the oldest officially established university in the Americas, and as such, one of the oldest universities in the world.
1550
Iceland becomes fully Protestant
Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer born
1549
King names Tomé de Sousa first governor general of Brazil (1549-53). De Sousa establishes his capital at São Salvador da Bahia.
1548
At the Battle of Uedahara, firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.
1547
Great fire in Moscow
1546
Peace between France and England
1545
The Mary Rose sinks during the Battle of the Solent.
1544 -
University of Konigsberg (Albertina University) founded.
Tasso born
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium in Nuremberg.
1542- Battle of Jarte
1541- Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River, names it Río de Espíritu Santo.