1564
| Years: 1561 1562 1563 - 1564 - 1565 1566 1567 | |
| Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- March 8 - Naples bans kissing in public in the penalty of death
- June 22 - Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World
- September 10 - The Battle of Kawanakajima
- Ottoman Turks invade Malta
- Modern pencil becomes common in England
- Spanish found a colony in the Philippines
Births
- February 6 - Christopher Marlowe, English poet and dramatist
- February 15 - Galileo Galilei born in Pisa.
- March 9 - David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer.
- April 23 - William Shakespeare,born in Stratford-upon-Avon, later famous poet and dramatist
- September 24 - William Adams, English navigator and Japanese samurai
Deaths
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