1561
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| Years: 1558 1559 1560 - 1561 - 1562 1563 1564 |
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| Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s |
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| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1561 MDLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2314 |
| Armenian calendar | 1010 ԹՎ ՌԺ |
| Chinese calendar | 4197/4257-12-16 (庚申年十二月十六日) — to —
4198/4258-11-25(辛酉年十一月廿五日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1553 – 1554 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5321 – 5322 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1616 – 1617 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1483 – 1484 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4662 – 4663 |
| Iranian calendar | 939 – 940 |
| Islamic calendar | 968 – 969 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 4 (永禄4年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2221 (皇紀2221年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11561 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2104 |
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[edit] Events
- The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots.
- Mary, Queen of Scots is denied passage through England after returning from France. She arrives at Leith, Scotland on August 19.
- October 18 - Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima -- Takeda Shingen beats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
- The first Calvinists settle in England after fleeing Flanders.
- Madrid is declared the capital of Spain by Philip II.
- St. Paul's Cathedral in London is badly damaged by fire.
- Ruy López develops modern techniques of chess playing in Spain.
- Sweden conquers Livonia (modern Estonia).
- Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome
- Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow is finished (started in 1534)
- Pensacola, the first European settlement in North America, and its support fleet were both destroyed by a hurricane. Two survivors managed to walk the long arduous journey to Mexico City. The city was not re-settled until 1698.
[edit] Births
- January 6 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (died 1656)
- January 22 - Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, scientist, and statesman (died 1626)
- July 11 - Luís de Góngora y Argote, Spanish poet (died 1627)
- August 20 - Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (died 1633)
- August 24 - Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (died 1626)
- August 25 - Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (died 1632)
- September 29 - Adriaan van Roomen, Belgian mathematician (died 1615)
- December 7 - Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)
- December 9 - Edwin Sandys, English founder of the colony of Virginia (died 1629)
- Jacopo Corsi, Italian composer (died 1602)
- John Harington, English writer (died 1612)
- Samuel Harsnett, Archbishop of York (died 1631)
See also Category: 1561 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 26 - Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer (born 1520)
- October 27 - Lope de Aguirre, Basque rebel and conquistador (born 1510)
- Luis de Milán, Spanish composer (born 1500)
- Menno Simons, Anabaptist religious leader (born 1496)
- Ijuin Tadaaki, Japanese nobleman (born 1520)
- Jan Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (born 1488)
- Hans Tausen, Danish reformer (born 1494)
See also Category: 1561 deaths.
[edit] Literature
- The Book of the Courtier (Il Cortegiano) is translated into English by Sir Thomas Hoby
- Poetices by Julius Caesar Scaliger
- Institution of the Christian Religion is translated into English by Thomas Norton
- Gabriele Fallopius publishes Observationes anatomicae (anatomical observations)
