1567

Years: 1564 1565 1566 - 1567 - 1568 1569 1570
Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. He replaces Margaret of Parma as Governor of the Netherlands. Prince William of Orange is outlawed, and Count Lamoral of Egmont imprisoned.
February 10 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary I of Scotland, is murdered at the Provost's House in Edinburgh.
May 15 - Mary I of Scotland marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell.
June 15 - Mary I of Scotland is defeated at Carberry Hill by the Scottish nobles. She is imprisoned in Lochleven Castle.
July 24 - Mary I of Scotland abdicates the throne, succeeded by her son King James VI of Scotland.
July 29 - James VI is crowned at Stirling.
Semptember 9 - At a dinner, the Duke of Alva arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Horne for treason.
September 29 - Beginning of the Second War of Religion in France when the Prince of Cond� and Gaspard de Coligny fail in an attempt to capture King Charles IX and his mother at Meaux. The Huguenots do capture several cities (including Orleans), and march on Paris.
November 10 - Battle of Saint-Denis - Anne de Montmorency, with 16,000 Royalists falls on Cond�'s 3,500 Huguenots. The Huguenots surprisingly hold on for some hours before being driven off. Montmorency is mortally wounded.
King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway founds Fredrikstad in Norway.

February 12 - Thomas Campion, English poet and composer (died 1620)
May 15 - Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (died 1643)
August 21 - Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint
November 1 - Diego Sarmiento de Acu�a, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (died 1626)
November 14 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (died 1625)
November 21 - Anne de Xainctonge, founder of the Society of St. Ursula (died 1621)
December 15 - Christoph Demantius, German composer (died 1643)
Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (died 1595)
William Alabaster, English poet (died 1640)
Adriaen Block, Dutch private fur trader and navigator who explored the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four voyages from 1611 to 1614 (died 1624)
Samuel de Champlain, French explorer (died 1635)
Jacques Cl�ment, French assassin of Henry III of France (died 1589)
Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley (died 1643)
Jan Szczesny Herburt, political writer
Thomas Lake, Secretary of State to King James I (died 1630)
Date Masamune, Japanese daimyo
Thomas Nashe, English poet (died 1600)
Willem Schouten, Dutch navigator (died 1625)
Torii Tadamasa, Japanese nobleman (died 1628)
Akizuki Tanenaga, Japanese samurai and soldier (died 1614)
Yodo-Dono, Japanese concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Sanada Yukimura, Japanese warrior

January 23 - Jiajing Emperor, of the Ming dynasty
February 10 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary I of Scotland (born 1545)
March 31 - Philipp I of Hesse, champion of the Reformation (born 1504)
April 18 - Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (born 1503)
June 2 - Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain (born 1530)
June 12 - Richard Rich, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1490)
October 1 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (born 1508)
November 12 - Anne de Montmorency, constable of France (born 1493)
Thomas Beccon, English protestant reformer (born 1511)
Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (born 1501)
Marin Drzic, Croatian writer (born 1508)
Shahgali, khan of Qasim in 1516-1519
Lawrence Sheriff, English gentleman and grocer to Elizabeth I (born 1510)
Michael Stifel, German mathematician (born 1487)
Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (born 1537)