Today in History for Year 1566

Months in Year 1566: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 10 of 10

Jan 7th - Antonio "Michele" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V
Feb 13th - St Augustine, Florida founded
Mar 9th - David Rizzio, the private secretary to Mary I of Scotland, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Apr 5th - 200 Brussel nobles offer Margaretha of Parma a petition
Aug 10th - Iconoclasm begins
Aug 20th - Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp Belgium
Aug 23rd - Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam
Aug 23rd - Land guardian Margaretha van Parma grants Calvinists rights
Aug 25th - Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht
Dec 1st - Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 12 of 12

Jan 14th - Angelo Notari, composer
May 26th - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (1595-1603)
Jun 19th - James I Stuart, king of Scotland (James VI)/England (1567/1603-25)
Jun 20th - Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden
Aug 12th - Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands
Sep 1st - Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)
Oct 13th - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (d. 1643)
Nov 6th - Julien Perrichon, composer
Dec 1st - Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen
Dec 11th - Manuel Cardoso, composer
Dec 20th - Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)
Dec 30th - Alessandro Piccinini, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 17 of 17

Jan 7th - Ludovicus Blosius, [Louis de Blois "Dacrianus"], wrtier, dies
Feb 3rd - George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
Mar 9th - David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered by Protestant nobles
Mar 26th - Antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies
Mar 28th - Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79
Apr 25th - Diane de Poitiers, mistress of French King Henry II, dies aged 66
Apr 25th - Louise Labé, French poet
May 4th - Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)
May 10th - Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65
Jul 2nd - Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62
Jul 31st - Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92
Aug 4th - Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies
Sep 2nd - Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter, dies at 37
Sep 5th - Suleiman I, Great Law Giver, sultan of Turkey (1520-66), dies at 71
Sep 22nd - John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister, dies
Sep 27th - Marcus A Vida, [Marcus Hieronymus], Italian humanist/poet/bishop, dies
Nov 21st - Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507)