1565

Decades: 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s

Years: 1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 - 1565 - 1566 1567 1568 1569 1570

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• April 27 - Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
• August 28 - St. Augustine, Florida (named after St. Augustine), established. It is the oldest remaining European settlement in the United States.
• September 8 - The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta (siege started on May 18).

• Miguel López de Legaspi founds San Miguel, the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines
• Russia, beginning of the Opritchtina

• December 9 - Pope Pius IV
• Nicolaus Von Amsdorf