May 20 Egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum"

May 22 The first atlas, with 70 maps, published

May 10 Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant

Jan 09 Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod

Jan 23 Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out

Jan 02 Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins

Jan 04 Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew"

Jan 02 Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins

Jan 04 Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew"

Feb 25 Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance

Feb 28 Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas

Mar 04 King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students