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Events
January 7
-
Pius V
becomes
Pope
Selim II
succeeds
Suleiman I
as
Sultan
of the
Ottoman Empire
Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the
Eighty Years War
in the Netherlands.
The first
bridge
crossing the
Neretva river
at
Mostar
(in modern-day
Bosnia and Herzegovina
) is completed by the
Ottoman Empire
. The white
marble
bridge is now known as
Stari Most
(or "Old Bridge").
Births
March 8
-
Carlo Gesualdo
, Italian nobleman, composer, and murderer
May 26
-
Mehmed III
,
Ottoman Emperor
(d.
1603
)
June 19
- Prince James Stewart, later King
James VI of Scotland
and King
James I of England
and
Ireland
(d.
1625
)
June 20
- Prince Sigismund Vasa, later King
Sigismund III of Poland
and King
Sigismund I of Sweden
December 11
(baptised) -
Manuel Cardoso
, Portuguese composer
Deaths
April 25
-
Diane de Poitiers
, mistress of King
Henri II of France
(b.
1499
)
July 1
-
Nostradamus
, astrologer
Kimotsuki Kanetsugu
, Japanese samurai and daimyo
Suleiman the Magnificent
, ruler of the
Ottoman Empire
(b.
1494
)
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