Today in History for Year 1562
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Months in Year 1562: January March April June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 9 of 9
Jan 15th - 3rd sitting of Council of Trente opens
Jan 17th - Edict of St Germain recognizes Huguenots in France
Mar 1st - Blood bath at Vassy: Gen de Guise allows 1200 huguenots murder
Mar 9th - Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death)
Mar 15th - General Francois de Guise enters Paris
Apr 30th - 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribault & colonists arrive in Florida
Jun 1st - Emperor Ferdinand & Sultan Suleiman signs treaty
Sep 17th - Council of Trente takes ecclesiastical canon
Dec 19th - Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency & huguenots under Condé captured
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 8 of 8
Jan 12th - Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy
Jan 13th - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
Jul 25th - Kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord (d. 1611)
Aug 27th - Hans Leo Hassler, composer
Oct 4th - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (d. 1647)
Oct 29th - George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury
Nov 25th - Lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia)
Dec 18th - Philipp Dulichius, composer
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 6 of 6
Jan 9th - Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)
Oct 9th - Gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies
Oct 9th - Gabriele Falloppio/Gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist and early advocate for the use of condoms. (b. 1523)
Nov 17th - Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (b. 1518)
Dec 6th - Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies
Dec 17th - Adrian Willaert, Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82
