1566

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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

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Years: 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 - 1566 - 1567 1568 1569 1570 1571


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[edit] Births

  • March 8 - Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer and murderer (died 1613)
  • May 26 - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (died 1603)
  • June 19 - King James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (died 1625)
  • June 20 (O.S.) - King Sigismund III of Poland (d. 1632)
  • August 12 - Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (d. 1633)
  • September 1 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (died 1626)
  • September 18 - King Sigismund III of Poland/Sigismund I of Sweden (died 1632)
  • October 13 - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (died 1643)
  • November 10 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (died 1601)
  • December 11 - (baptised) - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (died 1650)
  • December 20 - Edward Wightman, English Baptist martyr (died 1612)
  • Pietro Cerone, Italian music theorist (died 1625)
  • Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (died 1643)
  • Jan Jesenius, Slovak physician (died 1621)
  • Michal Sedziwój, Polish alchemist (died 1636)
  • James Sempill, Scottish theologian (died 1626)

[edit] Deaths