1566

Years: 1563 1564 1565 - 1566 - 1567 1568 1569
Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

January 7 - Pius V becomes 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").

Births

May 26 - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (+ 1603)
June 19 - Prince James Stewart, later King James VI of Scotland and King James I of England and Ireland.
June 20 - Prince Sigismund Vasa, later King Sigismund III of Poland and King Sigismund I of Sweden.

Deaths

April 25 - Diane de Poitiers, lover of King Henri II of France
July 1 - Nostradamus, astrologer
Kimotsuki Kanetsugu, Japanese samurai and daimyo
Suleiman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire

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