1561
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Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
Decades: | 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s |
Years: | 1558 1559 1560 - 1561 - 1562 1563 1564 |
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Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
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Year 1561 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1561
- August 19 - 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 defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
[edit] Undated
- The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots.
- Kingston Grammar School is founded.
- 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 and the spire is destroyed after being struck by lightning.
- 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 (started in 1534) is finished.
- Pensacola, the first European settlement in North America, and its support fleet are both destroyed by a hurricane. Two survivors manage to walk the long, arduous journey to Mexico City. The city is not re-settled until 1698.
- Between 1561 and 1670 3,229 witches are executed in southwestern Germany, most by burning.
[edit] Literature
- The Book of the Courtier (Il Cortegiano) is translated into English by Sir Thomas Hoby.
- Poetices is written by Julius Caesar Scaliger.
- Institution of the Christian Religion is translated into English by Thomas Norton.
- Gabriele Fallopius publishes Observationes anatomicae (anatomical observations).
[edit] Births
Gregorian calendar | 1561 MDLXI |
Ab urbe condita | 2314 |
Armenian calendar | 1010 ԹՎ ՌԺ |
Bahá'í calendar | -283 – -282 |
Berber calendar | 2511 |
Buddhist calendar | 2105 |
Burmese calendar | 923 |
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) |
Coptic calendar | 1277 – 1278 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1553 – 1554 |
Hebrew calendar | 5321 – 5322 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1616 – 1617 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1483 – 1484 |
- Kali Yuga | 4662 – 4663 |
Holocene calendar | 11561 |
Iranian calendar | 939 – 940 |
Islamic calendar | 968 – 969 |
Japanese calendar | Eiroku 4 (永禄4年) |
Korean calendar | 3894 |
Thai solar calendar | 2104 |
- January 6 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (d. 1656)
- January 22 - Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, scientist, and statesman (d. 1626)
- July 11 - Luís de Góngora y Argote, Spanish poet (d. 1627)
- July 17 - Jacopo Corsi, Italian composer (d. 1602)
- August 20 - Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (d. 1633)
- August 24 - Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (d. 1626)
- August 25 - Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)
- September or October - Edward Wright, English mathematician and cartographer (d. 1615)
- September 10 - Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)
- September 29 - Adriaan van Roomen, Belgian mathematician (d. 1615)
- October 27 - Mary Sidney, English writer, patroness and translator (d. 1621)
- December 7 - Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)
- December 9 - Edwin Sandys, English founder of the colony of Virginia (d. 1629)
- date unknown
- John Harington, English writer (d. 1612)
- Samuel Harsnett, Archbishop of York (d. 1631)
- Stephen Bachiler, non-conformist minister and pioneer settler of New England (d. 1656)
- See also Category: 1561 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 31 - Menno Simons, Anabaptist religious leader and Mennonite founder (b. 1496)
- February 26 - Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer (b. 1520)
- March 25 - Conrad Lycosthenes, humanist and encyclopedist (b. 1518)
- May 16 - Jan Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (b. 1488)
- July 19 - Henry Lauder, Lord St Germains, Lord Advocate of Scotland
- September 1 - Edward Waldegrave, English policitian and recusant
- October 27 - Lope de Aguirre, Basque rebel and conquistador (b. 1510)
- date unknown
- Claude Garamond, French publisher (b. 1480)
- Luis de Milán, Spanish composer (b. 1500)
- Ijuin Tadaaki, Japanese nobleman (b. 1520)
- Hans Tausen, Danish reformer (b. 1494)
- See also Category: 1561 deaths.