Historical Events In 1560

Jan 01   Guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history william Cobbold, composer  

Jan 28   On this day in history john a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies  

Jan 31   In the year 1560 spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois  

Feb 16   In the year 1560 jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat  

Mar 07   Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa in the year 1560.  

Mar 13   Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli in the year 1560.  

Mar 15   On this day in history failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France  

Apr 19   In the year 1560 philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63  

Jun 10   Mary de Guise, queen-mother of Scotland in the year 1560.  

Jun 11   In the year 1560 marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44  

Jun 12   Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto in the year 1560.  

Jul 01   Charles van Croij, prince of Chimay/duke of Aarschot in the year 1560.  

Jul 06   England/Scotland signs Treaty of Edinburgh in the year 1560.  

Jul 29   Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden in the year 1560.  

Aug 10   On this day in history hieronymus Praetorius, composer  

Aug 21   Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Amy Robsart, wife of English premier Robert Dudley, dies by accident in the year 1560.  

Sep 25   Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg, 1st archbishop of Utrecht in the year 1560.  

Sep 29   In the year 1560 gustaaf I, king of Sweden (1523-60), dies  

Nov 07   Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies on this day in history.  

Dec 05   Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1560 birth of william Cobbold, composer  

Jan 17   In the year 1560 birth of gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. 1624)  

Mar 08   In the year 1560 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)  

Jun 25   Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634) was born in the year 1560.  

Jul 01   Charles van Croij, prince of Chimay/duke of Aarschot was born on this day in history.  

Aug 07   In the year 1560 birth of elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)  

Aug 10   In the year 1560 birth of hieronymus Praetorius, composer  

Nov 03   On this day in history birth of annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609)  

Jan 01   In the year 1560 guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies  

Jan 03   Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   John a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies in the year 1560.  

Feb 07   In the year 1560 death of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493)  

Feb 16   Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat died on this day in history.  

Apr 19   Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 in the year 1560.  

Jun 10   In the year 1560 death of mary de Guise, queen-mother of Scotland  

Jun 11   On this day in history marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44