1562
* Earliest English slave-trading expedition under
John Hawkins. The expedition goes between Guinea and the West Indies
*
January 6 -
Earl of Tyrone ends his first rebellion by surrendering to Queen
Elizabeth I of England*
January 17 -
Huguenots were recognized under the
Edict of Saint-Germain*
March 1 - Over 1,000 Huguenots are massacred by the ultra-Catholic
Francis, Duke of Guise in
Wassy-sur-Blaise marking the start of the
First War of Religion in France. Protestant forces led by
Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and
Gaspard de Coligny quickly seize control of Orleans, Rouen, and other cities throughout France.
*
May 1 Jean Ribault, French navigator, lands in
Florida and later establishes a
Huguenot colony at
Charlesfort*
May 26 - Earl of Tyrone leads a second rebellion in
Ireland*
September 20 - English forces under
John Dudley,
Earl of Warwick, land in Newhaven (
Le Havre) to aid the Huguenots.
*
September 22 -
Maximilian, son of the
Emperor Ferdinand I, succeeds as King of
Bohemia.
*
October 26 -
Rouen is captured by Royalist forces under
Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre, who is mortally wounded.
*
November 5 - In
Scotland, the rebellion of
George Gordon, Earl of Huntly is crushed by
James Stewart, Earl of Moray at
Corrichie.
*
November 20 - Maximilian of Bohemia is elected King of the Romans.
*
December 19 -
Battle of Dreux. An indecisive battle between Huguenots forces under Condé and Coligny, and Catholic forces under
Anne de Montmorency and Guise. The official leaders of both armies – Condé and Montmorency – are captured in the battle.
* French
Huguenots establish a colony of
Port Royal on
Parris Island at the mouth of
St John River*
January 12 -
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (died
1630)
*
January 13 -
Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet and soldier of fortune (died
1601)
*
July 25 -
Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese samurai (died
1611)
*
August 17 - (baptised) -
Hans Leo Hassler, German composer (died
1612)
*
October 4 -
Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (died
1647)
*
October 19 -
George Abbot,
Archbishop of Canterbury (died
1633)
*
November 25 -
Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and dramatist (died
1635)
*
Isabella Andreini, Italian actress (died
1604)
*
Pietro Bernini, Italian sculptor (died
1629)
*
John Bull, English composer (died
1628)
*
Henry Constable, English poet (died
1613)
*
Samuel Daniel, English poet and historian (died
1619)
*
Francis Godwin, English writer and prelate (died
1633)
*
George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly (died
1636)
*
Juan Jauregui, attempted assassin of
William I of Orange (died
1582)
*
Natsuka Masaie, Japanese daimyo
*
Richard Neile, English churchman (died
1640)
*
Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich (died
1607)
*
Ottavio Rinuccini, Italian composer (died
1621)
*
Henry Spelman, English antiquary (died
1641)
*
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer (died
1621)
*
Maeda Toshinaga, Japanese nobleman (died
1614)
See also :Category: 1562 births.*
January 9 -
Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (born
1514)
*
May 14 -
Lelio Sozini, Italian protestant theologian (born
1525)
*
October 9 -
Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist (born
1523)
*
November 12 -
Pietro Martire Vermigli, Italian theologian (born
1500)
*
November 17 -
Antoine de Bourbon, father of
Henry IV of France (born
1518)
*
December 7 -
Adrian Willaert, Flemish composer
*
Matteo Bandello, Italian novelist (born
1480)
*
Nicholas Grimald, English poet and theologian (born
1519)
*
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly (born
1514)
*
Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter (born
1495)
See also :Category: 1562 deaths.
