Events in History
- Feb 7 Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III
- Mar 24 France & England sign Peace of Boulogne
- Apr 2 Jewish physician Joseph Hacohen expelled from city of Genoa, all Jews soon after
- Apr 28 Powers of Dutch inquisition extends
- Jul 7 Traditional date Chocolate thought to have been introduced to Europe
- Sep 5 William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs
- Oct 5 Foundation of the city of Concepción, Chile.
- Nov 14 Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente
Birthdays in History
- Jan 31 Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader, (d. 1588)
John Napier
Feb 1 John Napier, Scottish mathematician and inventor (logarithms), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1617)
John Napier
Charles IX of France
Jun 27 Charles IX [Carl], King of France (1560-74), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1574)
- Jun 28 Johannes van den Driesche, Flemish Hebraist, born in Oudenarde, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1616)
- Aug 16 Carolus Gallus [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer, pastor and vicar, born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1606)
- Sep 10 Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander, born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Spain (d. 1615)
- Sep 17 Pope Paul V [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21) and persecutor of Galileo, born in Rome (d. 1621)
- Sep 30 Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)
- Oct 4 Charles IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), born in Stockholm Castle, Sweden (d. 1611)
- Oct 15 Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg and brother of William of Orange
- Nov 6 Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1612)
- Dec 22 Cesare Cremonini, Italian professor of natural philosophy, born in Cento, Papal States (d. 1631)
Deaths in History
- Jan 12 Andrea Alciato, Italian lawyer and writer, dies at 57
- Mar 8 Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55
- Apr 12 Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
- May 18 John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman, dies at 52
- May 20 Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)
- Jun 13 Veronica Gambara, Italian poet, dies at 64
- Jul 30 Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b. 1505)
- Aug 28 Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, French adviser to Emperor Charles V's, dies
- Sep 8 Hans [Johann] Vischer, German count of Johann Cicero, dies
- Oct 23 Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)
- Nov 6 Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1487)
- Nov 7 Jon Arason, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Iceland prior to the reformation, beheaded in Skalholt with his two sons Are and Bjorn. (b. 1484)
- Dec 6 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48
- Dec 22 Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III