1560
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February 27 - The
Treaty of
Berwick, which would expel the
French from
Scotland, is signed by
England and the
Congregation of
Scotland *The first tulip bulb was brought from
Turkey to the
Netherlands.
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July 6 -
Treaty of Edinburgh 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.
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August 17 - the
Roman Church is overthrown and
Protestantism was established as the national religion in Scotland.
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December 6 -
Charles IX (of France) succeeds
Francis II*
Jean Nicot introduces
tobacco in the form of
snuff to the French court.
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Solihull School was founded.
*The great age of
piracy in the
Caribbean starts around this time.
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January 17 -
Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (died
1624)
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March 8 -
Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer and murderer (died
1613)
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June 25 -
Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (died
1634)
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August 7 -
Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (died
1614)
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August 10 -
Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (died
1629)
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November 3 -
Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (died
1609)
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December 3 -
Jan Gruter, Dutch critic and scholar (died
1627)
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Felice Anerio, Italian composer (died
1614)
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Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian (died
1609)
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Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (died
1621)
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Dominicus Corea, King of Kotte of Ceylon (died
1596)
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James Crichton, Scottish scholar (died
1582)
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Lieven de Key, Dutch architect (died
1627)
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Hector MacLean of Dowart, Scottish Lord of the Clan MacLean (died
1630)
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Ishida Mitsunari, Japanese samurai
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Niall Garve O'Donnell, Irish nobleman (died
1626)
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Katarzyna Ostrogska, Polish noblewoman (died
1579)
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John Owen, epigrammatist (died
1622)
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Anton Praetorius, German pastor (died
1613)
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Krystyna Radziwill, Polish noblewoman (died
1580)
See also :Category: 1560 births.*
January 1 -
Joachim du Bellay, French poet
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February 7 -
Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Florentine sculptor (born
1493)
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February 16 -
Jean du Bellay, French cardinal and diplomat
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April 19 -
Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer (born
1497)
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September 29 - King
Gustav I of Sweden (born
1496)
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September 30 -
Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (born
1525)
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November 25 -
Andrea Doria, Italian naval commander (born
1466)
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December 5 - King
Francis II of France (born
1544)
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Anastasia of Russia, wife Tsar
Ivan the Terrible*
Mary of Guise, queen of
James V of Scotland and regent (born
1515)
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Barbara Kola, Polish noblewoman (born
1480)
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Jan Laski, Polish Protestant evangelical reformer (born
1499)
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Amy Robsart, English noblewoman
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John Sheppard, English composer and organist (born
1515)
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Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyo
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Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior
See also :Category: 1560 deaths.
