Historical Events In 1561

Jan 22   On this day in history francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum)   

Jan 22   On this day in history the birth of Francis Bacon, English politician and philospher   

Jan 28   In the year 1561 by Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended   

Jan 31   On this day in history menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies   

Feb 19   In the year 1561 mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots   

Feb 22   In the year 1561 william of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais   

Feb 26   On this day in history jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer   

Mar 05   In the year 1561 carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

Mar 29   Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic on this day in history.   

Apr 14   A battle of UFOs was seen in the sky over Nuremberg Germany on this day in history.   

Jun 24   On this day in history rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden   

Jul 02   Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz in the year 1561.   

Aug 19   In the year 1561 mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots   

Aug 19   Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France in the year 1561.   

Aug 20   In the year 1561 jacopo Peri, composer   

Aug 24   In the year 1561 willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon   

Aug 29   Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) on this day in history.   

Sep 09   In the year 1561 sermon of Poissy   

Sep 23   On this day in history king Philip II of Spain forbids Spanish settlements in Florida   

Sep 29   On this day in history roomen, mathematician   

Oct 18   In the year 1561 fourth Battle of Kawanakajima -- Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.   

Oct 21   On this day in history johannes Vasaeus, Flemish humanist/historian, dies at about 49   

Nov 21   On this day in history carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author   

Nov 29   Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland in the year 1561.   

Dec 09   Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony in the year 1561.   

Dec 21   In the year 1561 archbishop Granvelle installed   

Jan 06   Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656) was born in the year 1561.   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum)   

Mar 29   On this day in history birth of santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic   

Jun 24   Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden was born in the year 1561.   

Jul 11   On this day in history birth of luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)   

Aug 20   In the year 1561 birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

Aug 25   In the year 1561 birth of philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)   

Aug 29   In the year 1561 birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

Jan 31   On this day in history menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies   

Feb 26   On this day in history death of jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer   

Mar 05   Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

Mar 25   In the year 1561 death of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1518)   

Oct 21   On this day in history johannes Vasaeus, Flemish humanist/historian, dies at about 49   

Oct 27   In the year 1561 death of lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510)