1570 Ivan the Terrible starts the massacre of Novgorod
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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.