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Historical Events for the Year 1560

  • 27th February » The Treaty of Berwick (1560) named Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the France or French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland.
  • 17th March » Fort Coligny on Villegagnon Island in Rio de Janeiro is attacked and destroyed during the Portuguese Empire known as Portuguese campaign against France Antarctique.
  • 12th June » Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto.
  • 6th July » The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
  • 17th August » The Roman Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is Scottish Reformation Parliament named established as the national religion in Kingdom of Scotland known as Scotland.
  • 8th December » The city of Guarulhos is founded.

Famous Birthdays in 1560

  • 17th January » Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. 1624)
  • 25th June » Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634)
  • 7th August » Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (d. 1614)
  • 8th August » Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian murderer (d. 1614)
  • 10th August » Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (d. 1629)
  • 3rd November » Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609)
  • 3rd December » Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (d. 1627)

Famous Deaths in History for 1560

  • 1st January » Joachim du Bellay, French poet (b. 1522)
  • 7th February » Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1493)
  • 16th February » Jean du Bellay, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1493)
  • 19th April » Philipp Melanchthon, German theologian and reformer (b. 1497)
  • 12th June » Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior (b. 1506)
  • 12th June » Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyo (b. 1519)
  • 15th June » William Sommers, English jester (b.1525)
  • 8th September » Amy Robsart, English wife of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (b. 1532)
  • 29th September » Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)
  • 30th September » Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525)
  • 25th November » Andrea Doria, Italian admiral (b. 1466)
  • 5th December » Francis II of France (b. 1544)