1562

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Years: 1559 1560 1561 - 1562 - 1563 1564 1565
Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

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**1562 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1562 MDLXII
Ab urbe condita	2315
Armenian calendar	1011 ԹՎ ՌԺԱ
Chinese calendar	4198/4258-11-26 (辛酉年十一月廿六日) — to — 4199/4259-12-6 (壬戌年十二月初六日)
Ethiopian calendar	1554 – 1555
Hebrew calendar	5322 – 5323
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1617 – 1618
- Shaka Samvat	1484 – 1485
- Kali Yuga	4663 – 4664
Iranian calendar	940 – 941
Islamic calendar	969 – 970
Japanese calendar	Eiroku 5 (永禄5年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2222 (皇紀2222年)
- Jōmon Era	11562
Thai solar calendar	2105

[edit] Events

Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. The expedition goes between Guinea and the West Indies
January 6 - Earl of Tyrone ends his first rebellion by surrendering to Queen Elizabeth I of England
January 17 - Huguenots were recognized under the Edict of Saint-Germain
March 1 - Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by the ultra-Catholic Francis, Duke of Guise in Wassy-sur-Blaise marking the start of the First War of Religion in France. Protestant forces led by Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and Gaspard de Coligny quickly seize control of Orleans, Rouen, and other cities throughout France.
May 1 Jean Ribault, French navigator, lands in Florida and later establishes a Huguenot colony at Charlesfort
May 26 - Earl of Tyrone leads a second rebellion in Ireland
September 20 - English forces under Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, land in Newhaven (Le Havre) to aid the Huguenots.
September 22 - Maximilian, son of the Emperor Ferdinand I, succeeds as King of Bohemia.
October 26 - Rouen is captured by Royalist forces under Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre, who is mortally wounded.
November 5 - In Scotland, the rebellion of George Gordon, Earl of Huntly is crushed by James Stewart, Earl of Moray at Corrichie.
November 20 - Maximilian of Bohemia is elected King of the Romans.
December 19 - Battle of Dreux. An indecisive battle between Huguenots forces under Condé and Coligny, and Catholic forces under Anne de Montmorency and Guise. The official leaders of both armies – Condé and Montmorency – are captured in the battle.
French Huguenots establish a colony of Charlesfort on Parris Island of the coast of South Carolina.