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Monday, 16 March 2026
Jan 03 Joachim II Hector, elector (Brandenburg), dies at 65. 
Jan 11 Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion
Jan 21 John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam).
Jan 22 Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician
Jan 23 Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London
Jan 23 The Royal Exchange, in London, is founded
Feb 14 Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70.
Feb 15 Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer (Syntagma music)
Mar 19 Spanish troops occupy Manila
Mar 25 Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland
Apr 06 John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician.
May 16 Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4 37 AM.
May 16 Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM.
May 19 Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines.
May 20 Venice, Spain and Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League
Jun 01 John Story, English Catholic.
Jun 07 Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer, dies at 68.
Jul 16 Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized.
Aug 08 John Ward, composer
Sep 04 Catholic coup in Scotland.
Sep 04 Earl of Lennox, regent of Scotland, murdered.
Oct 04 -13] Synod of Emden.
Oct 04 Claude Togniel d'Espence, French theologist (Sorbonne), dies at 60.
Oct 07 Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle.
Oct 07 Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet.
Oct 07 Turkish fleet defeated by Spanish and Italians in Battle of Lepanto
Nov 24 Jan Blahoslav, Czech bishop, dies at 48
Dec 09 Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect.
Dec 27 Johannes Kepler, German astronomer who stated that planets circle the Sun is born
