Today in History for Year 1563

Months in Year 1563: January February March April June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 12 of 12

Feb 15th - Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania
Feb 18th - Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise
Feb 27th - William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
Mar 11th - League of High Nobles routes 2nd protest against King Philip II
Mar 19th - Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots
Apr 30th - Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI
Jul 27th - French army recaptures Le Havre
Jul 29th - League of High Nobles routes King Philip II
Aug 17th - King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult
Aug 30th - Jewish community of Neutitschlin Moravia expelled
Sep 8th - Maximilian chosen king of Hungary
Dec 4th - Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 10 of 10

Jan 30th - Franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], Dutch theologist/opera singer
Mar 5th - John Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
Jun 1st - Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister (1598-1612)
Sep 4th - Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
Oct 13th - Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint (Caracciolini)
Oct 17th - Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer
Nov 5th - Anna van Nassau, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna of Saksen
Nov 19th - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (d. 1626)
Nov 27th - Robbert Robbertsz, (le Canu), nautical expert
Dec 29th - Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 12 of 12

Feb 1st - Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)
Feb 2nd - Hans Neusiedler, Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approx 54
Feb 24th - Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44
Mar 12th - John Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies
Mar 24th - Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514)
Mar 28th - Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)
Jun 6th - Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)
Jun 9th - William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506)
Aug 11th - Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. circa 1500)
Aug 18th - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (b. 1530)
Sep 17th - Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier
Dec 29th - Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)