1561
* The
Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the
Huguenots.
*
Mary, Queen of Scots is denied passage through England after returning from
France. She arrives at
Leith,
Scotland on
August 19.
*
October 18 -
Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima --
Takeda Shingen beats
Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
* The first
Calvinists settle in England after fleeing
Flanders.
*
Madrid is declared the capital of Spain by
Philip II.
*
St. Paul's Cathedral in
London is badly damaged by fire.
*
Ruy López develops modern techniques of
chess playing in Spain.
*
Sweden conquers
Livonia (modern
Estonia).
*
Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in
Rome*
Saint Basil's Cathedral in
Moscow is finished (started in
1534)
*
Pensacola,
Florida, the first
European settlement in North America, and its support fleet were both destroyed by a hurricane. Two survivors managed to walk the long arduous journey to Mexico City. The city was not re-settled until
1698.
*
January 6 -
Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (died
1656)
*
January 22 - Sir
Francis Bacon, English philosopher, scientist, and statesman (died
1626)
*
July 11 -
Luís de Góngora y Argote, Spanish poet (died
1627)
*
August 20 -
Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (died
1633)
*
August 24 -
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (died
1626)
*
August 25 -
Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (died
1632)
*
September 29 -
Adriaan van Roomen, Belgian mathematician (died
1615)
*
December 7 -
Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d.
1625)
*
December 9 -
Edwin Sandys, English founder of the colony of Virginia (died
1629)
*
Jacopo Corsi, Italian composer (died
1602)
*
John Harington, English writer (died
1612)
*
Samuel Harsnett, Archbishop of York (died
1631)
See also :Category: 1561 births.*
February 26 -
Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer (born
1520)
*
October 27 -
Lope de Aguirre, Basque rebel and conquistador (born
1510)
*
Luis de Milán, Spanish composer (born
1500)
*
Menno Simons, Anabaptist religious leader (born
1496)
*
Ijuin Tadaaki, Japanese nobleman
*
Jan Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (born
1488)
*
Hans Tausen, Danish reformer (born
1494)
See also :Category: 1561 deaths.*
The Book of the Courtier (
Il Cortegiano) is translated into English by Sir
Thomas Hoby*
Poetics by
Julius Caesar Scaliger*
Institution of the Christian Religion is translated into English by
Thomas Norton*
Gabriele Fallopius publishes
Observationes anatomicae (anatomical observations)
