- Feb 15 Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania
- Feb 18 Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise
- Feb 27 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
- Mar 19 Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots
- Apr 23 Cornerstone laid for El Escorial, new Spanish royal palace commissioned by Philip II, by architect Juan Bautista de Toledo
- Apr 30 Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI
- Jul 27 French army recaptures Le Havre
- Jul 29 League of High Nobles routes King Philip II
Event of Interest
Aug 17 King Charles IX of France declared an adult at 13
