- 1560
Year 1560 was a
leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .Events of 1560
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February 27 - TheTreaty of Berwick , which expels the French from theKingdom of Scotland , is signed by theKingdom of England and the Congregation ofScotland .
*April 15 -Denmark buys the Estonian island ofSaaremaa from its last prince bishop.
*June 12 -Battle of Okehazama :Oda Nobunaga defeatsImagawa Yoshimoto .
*July 6 - TheTreaty of Edinburgh is signed between England, France and Scotland. The French withdraw from Scotland. This largely ends the "Auld Alliance " between France and Scotland, and ends the wars between England and its northern neighbour.
*August 2 -Livonian War : Russians defeat theLivonian Brothers of the Sword in theBattle of Ergeme , precipitating the dissolution of the order.
*August 17 - The Roman Church is overthrown andProtestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.
*September 29 - Eric XIV becomesking of Sweden upon the death of his father Gustav Vasa.
*December 6 - Charles IX (of France) succeeds his elder brother, Francis II, at the age of nine.Undated
* The first
tulip bulb is brought fromTurkey to theNetherlands .
*Solihull School is founded inSolihull , West Midlands.
*Jean Nicot introducestobacco in the form ofsnuff to the French court.
* The oldest survivingviolin (dated inside), known as the "Charles IX", is made inCremona , in northernItaly .
* The great age ofpiracy in theCaribbean starts around this time.
*Bairam Khan loses power in theMughal Empire .
*Mongols invade and occupyQinghai .Ongoing
Births
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January 17 -Gaspard Bauhin , Swiss botanist (d.1624 )
*March 8 -Carlo Gesualdo , Italian composer and murderer (d.1613 )
*June 25 -Wilhelm Fabry , German surgeon (d.1634 )
*August 7 -Elizabeth Báthory , Hungarian serial killer (d.1614 )
*August 10 -Hieronymus Praetorius , German composer (d.1629 )
*September 11 -Krystyna Radziwiłł , Polish noblewoman (d.1580 )
*October 10 -Jacobus Arminius , Dutch theologian (d.1609 )
*November 3 -Annibale Carracci , Italian painter (d.1609 )
*December 3 -Jan Gruter , Dutch critic and scholar (d.1627 )
*"date unknown"
**Felice Anerio , Italian composer (died1614 )
**James Crichton , Scottish scholar (d.1582 )
**Lieven de Key , Dutch architect (d.1627 )
**Ishida Mitsunari , Japanese samurai (d.1600 )
**Katarzyna Ostrogska, Polish noblewoman (d.1579 )
**Anton Praetorius , German pastor (d.1613 )
*"probable"
**Jan Karol Chodkiewicz , Polish military commander (d.1621 )
**Hector MacLean of Dowart , Scottish Lord of the Clan MacLean (d.1630 )Deaths
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January 1 -Joachim du Bellay , French poet (b. c.1522 )
*January 8 -Jan Łaski , Polish Protestant evangelical reformer (b.1499 )
*February 7 -Bartolommeo Bandinelli , Florentine sculptor (b.1493 )
*February 16 -Jean du Bellay , French cardinal and diplomat (b. c.1493 )
*April 19 -Philipp Melanchthon , German humanist and reformer (b.1497 )
*June 11 -Mary of Guise , queen ofJames V of Scotland and regent (b.1515 )
*June 12 -Imagawa Yoshimoto , Japanese daimyo (b.1519 )
*June 12 -Ii Naomori , Japanese warrior (b.1506 )
*August 4 -Maeda Toshimasa , Japanese samurai (b. ?)
*August 7 -Anastasia of Russia , wife TsarIvan the Terrible
*September 8 -Amy Robsart , English noblewoman (b.1536 )
*September 29 - KingGustav I of Sweden (b.1496 )
*September 30 -Melchior Cano , Spanish theologian (b.1525 )
*November 25 -Andrea Doria , Italian naval commander (b.1466 )
*December 5 - KingFrancis II of France (b.1544 )
* December - John Sheppard, English composer and organist (b.1515 )
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