What Happened In 1563 - Historical Events 1563

Historical Events for the Year 1563

19th March » The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.
4th December » The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)

30th January » Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian (d. 1641)
5th March » John Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
1st June » Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Secretary of State (England) known as Secretary of State for England (d. 1612)
4th September » Wanli Emperor of China (d. 1620)
14th October » Jodocus Hondius, Flemish engraver and cartographer (d. 1611)
19th November » Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (d. 1626)

1st February » Menas of Ethiopia (b. 1559)
24th February » Francis, Duke of Guise (b. 1519)
24th March » Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese daimyo (b. 1514)
28th March » Heinrich Glarean, Swiss poet and theorist (b. 1488)
9th June » William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English accountant and politician (b. 1506)
11th August » Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. 1500)
18th August » Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and philosopher (b. 1530)
17th September » Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier (b. 1526)
29th December » Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (b. 1515)