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Events
- Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins . The expedition goes between Guinea and the West Indies
- January 6 - Earl Of Tyrone ends his first rebellion by surrendering to Queen Elizabeth I Of England
- January 17 - Huguenot s were recognized under the Edict Of Saint-Germain
- March 1 - Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by the ultra-Catholic Francis, Duke Of Guise in Wassy-sur-Blaise marking the start of the First War Of Religion in France. Protestant forces led by Louis I De Bourbon, Prince De Condé and Gaspard De Coligny quickly seize control of Orleans, Rouen, and other cities throughout France.
- May 1 Jean Ribault , French navigator, lands in Florida and later establishes a Huguenot colony at Charlesfort
- May 26 - Earl of Tyrone leads a second rebellion in Ireland
- September 20 - English forces under John Dudley , Earl Of Warwick , land in Newhaven ( Le Havre ) to aid the Huguenots.
- September 22 - Maximilian , son of the Emperor Ferdinand I , succeeds as King of Bohemia .
- October 26 - Rouen is captured by Royalist forces under Antoine De Bourbon , King of Navarre, who is mortally wounded.
- November 5 - In Scotland , the rebellion of George Gordon, Earl Of Huntly is crushed by James Stewart, Earl Of Moray at Corrichie .
- November 20 - Maximilian of Bohemia is elected King of the Romans.
- December 19 - Battle Of Dreux . An indecisive battle between Huguenots forces under Condé and Coligny, and Catholic forces under Anne De Montmorency and Guise. The official leaders of both armies – Condé and Montmorency – are captured in the battle.
Births
- January 12 - Charles Emmanuel I, Duke Of Savoy (died 1630 )
- January 13 - Mark Alexander Boyd , Scottish poet and soldier of fortune (died 1601 )
- July 25 - Kato Kiyomasa , Japanese samurai (died 1611 )
- August 17 - (baptised) - Hans Leo Hassler , German composer (died 1612 )
- October 4 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus , Danish astronomer (died 1647 )
- October 19 - George Abbot , Archbishop Of Canterbury (died 1633 )
- November 25 - Lope De Vega , Spanish poet and dramatist (died 1635 )
- Isabella Andreini , Italian actress (died 1604 )
- Pietro Bernini , Italian sculptor (died 1629 )
- John Bull , English composer (died 1628 )
- Henry Constable , English poet (died 1613 )
- Samuel Daniel , English poet and historian (died 1619 )
- Francis Godwin , English writer and prelate (died 1633 )
- George Gordon, 1st Marquess Of Huntly (died 1636 )
- Juan Jauregui , attempted assassin of William I Of Orange (died 1582 )
- Natsuka Masaie , Japanese daimyo
- Richard Neile , English churchman (died 1640 )
- Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich (died 1607 )
- Ottavio Rinuccini , Italian composer (died 1621 )
- Henry Spelman , English antiquary (died 1641 )
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck , Dutch composer (died 1621 )
- Maeda Toshinaga , Japanese nobleman (died 1614 )
''See also .''
Deaths
- January 9 - Amago Haruhisa , Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1514 )
- May 14 - Lelio Sozini , Italian protestant theologian (born 1525 )
- October 9 - Gabriele Falloppio , Italian anatomist (born 1523 )
- November 12 - Pietro Martire Vermigli , Italian theologian (born 1500 )
- November 17 - Antoine De Bourbon , father of Henry IV Of France (born 1518 )
- December 7 - Adrian Willaert , Flemish composer
- Matteo Bandello , Italian novelist (born 1480 )
- Nicholas Grimald , English poet and theologian (born 1519 )
- George Gordon, 4th Earl Of Huntly (born 1514 )
- Jan Van Scorel , Dutch painter (born 1495 )
''See also .''
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