Today in History for Year 1561

Months in Year 1561: January February March June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 9 of 9

Jan 28th - By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended
Feb 22nd - William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais
Jul 2nd - Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
Aug 19th - Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France
Sep 9th - Sermon of Poissy
Sep 23rd - King Philip II of Spain forbids Spanish settlements in Florida
Oct 18th - Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima -- Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
Nov 29th - Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland
Dec 21st - Archbishop Granvelle installed

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 13 of 13

Jan 6th - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656)
Jan 22nd - Francis Bacon, Strand, London, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum), (d. 1626)
Mar 29th - Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic
Jun 24th - Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden
Jul 11th - Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)
Aug 20th - Jacopo Peri, composer
Aug 25th - Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)
Aug 29th - Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)
Sep 10th - Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)
Sep 29th - Roomen, mathematician
Nov 21st - Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author
Dec 7th - Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)
Dec 9th - Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

Aug 24th - Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

Jan 31st - Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies
Jan 31st - Bairam Khan, Great Mughal General, regent for Akbar
Feb 26th - Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer
Mar 5th - Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41
Mar 25th - Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1518)
Oct 21st - Johannes Vasaeus, Flemish humanist/historian, dies at about 49
Oct 27th - Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510)