1566
EventsJanuary 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. The first bridge crossing the Neretva river at Mostar (in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) is completed by the Ottoman Empire. The white marble bridge is now known as Stari Most (or "Old Bridge").
BirthsMarch 8 - Carlo Gesualdo, Italian nobleman, composer, and murdererMay 26 - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)June 19 - Prince James Stewart, later King James VI of Scotland and King James I of England and Ireland (d. 1625)June 20 - Prince Sigismund Vasa, later King Sigismund III of Poland and King Sigismund I of SwedenDecember 11 (baptised) - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer
DeathsApril 25 - Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henri II of France (b. 1499)July 1 - Nostradamus, astrologerKimotsuki Kanetsugu, Japanese samurai and daimyoSuleiman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1494)
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