1560: Difference between revisions

1560 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1560; MDLX
Ab urbe condita	2313
Armenian calendar	1009; ԹՎ ՌԹ
Assyrian calendar	6310
Balinese saka calendar	1481–1482
Bengali calendar	967
Berber calendar	2510
English Regnal year	2 Eliz. 1 – 3 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2104
Burmese calendar	922
Byzantine calendar	7068–7069
Chinese calendar	己未年 (Earth Goat); 4257 or 4050; — to —; 庚申年 (Metal Monkey); 4258 or 4051
Coptic calendar	1276–1277
Discordian calendar	2726
Ethiopian calendar	1552–1553
Hebrew calendar	5320–5321
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1616–1617
- Shaka Samvat	1481–1482
- Kali Yuga	4660–4661
Holocene calendar	11560
Igbo calendar	560–561
Iranian calendar	938–939
Islamic calendar	967–968
Japanese calendar	Eiroku 3; (永禄３年)
Javanese calendar	1479–1480
Julian calendar	1560; MDLX
Korean calendar	3893
Minguo calendar	352 before ROC; 民前352年
Nanakshahi calendar	92
Thai solar calendar	2102–2103
Tibetan calendar	阴土羊年; (female Earth-Goat); 1686 or 1305 or 533; — to —; 阳金猴年; (male Iron-Monkey); 1687 or 1306 or 534

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century; 16th century ; 17th century;
Decades:	1540s; 1550s; 1560s ; 1570s; 1580s;
Years:	1557; 1558; 1559; 1560 ; 1561; 1562; 1563;

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Tulip arrives.

Year 1560 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

April 15 - Denmark buys the Estonian island of Saaremaa from its last prince bishop.
June 12 - Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto.
July 6 - The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed between England, France and Scotland. The French withdraw from Scotland. This largely ends the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland, and ends the wars between England and its northern neighbour.
August 2 - Livonian War: Russians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Ergeme, precipitating the dissolution of the order.
August 17 - The Roman Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.
September 29 - Eric XIV becomes king of Sweden upon the death of his father Gustav Vasa.
December 6 - Charles IX (of France) succeeds his elder brother, Francis II, at the age of nine.

The first tulip bulb is brought from Turkey to the Netherlands.
Solihull School is founded in Solihull, West Midlands.
Jean Nicot introduces tobacco in the form of snuff to the French court.
The oldest surviving violin (dated inside), known as the Charles IX, is made in Cremona, in northern Italy.
The great age of piracy in the Caribbean starts around this time.
Bairam Khan loses power in the Mughal Empire.
Mongols invade and occupy Qinghai.

January 17 - Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. 1624)
March 8 - Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer and murderer (d. 1613)
June 25 - Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634)
August 7 - Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (d. 1614)
August 10 - Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (d. 1629)
September 11 - Krystyna Radziwiłł, Polish noblewoman (d. 1580)
October 10 - Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian (d. 1609)
November 3 - Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609)
December 3 - Jan Gruter, Dutch critic and scholar (d. 1627)
date unknown
- Felice Anerio, Italian composer (died 1614)
- James Crichton, Scottish scholar (d. 1582)
- Lieven de Key, Dutch architect (d. 1627)
- Ishida Mitsunari, Japanese samurai (d. 1600)
- Katarzyna Ostrogska, Polish noblewoman (d. 1579)
- Anton Praetorius, German pastor (d. 1613)
probable
- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (d. 1621)
- Hector MacLean of Dowart, Scottish Lord of the Clan MacLean (d. 1630)

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+* the fag shakespeare was born
-* [[February 27]] - The [[Treaty of Berwick]], which expels the [[France|French]] from the [[Kingdom of Scotland]], is signed by the [[Kingdom of England]] and the [[Congregational church|Congregation]] of [[Scotland]].
+[[February 27]] - The [[Treaty of Berwick]], which expels the [[France|French]] from the [[Kingdom of Scotland]], is signed by the [[Kingdom of England]] and the [[Congregational church|Congregation]] of [[Scotland]].
 * [[April 15]] - [[Denmark]] buys the Estonian island of [[Saaremaa]] from its last prince bishop.
 * [[June 12]] - [[Battle of Okehazama]]: [[Oda Nobunaga]] defeats [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]].