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Year 1565 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1565

January - June

July - December

  • July 29 - Mary Stuart, widowed, marries Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany.
  • August 28 - St. Augustine, Florida (named after St. Augustine), is established. It is the oldest remaining European settlement in the United States.
  • September 4 - The Spanish fleet of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés lands on modern-day Florida to oust the French under Jean Ribault. He later destroys the French colony of Fort Caroline.
  • September 8 - Pedro Menéndez de Avilés settles in St. Augustine, Florida.
  • September 11 - The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish Siege of Malta (started on May 18).

    Undated

  • In Russia, it's the beginning of the Opritchtina.
  • The pencil is first documented by Conrad Gesner.
  • John Beddoes School is founded.

    Births

  • April 2 - Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
  • May 15 - Hendrick de Keyser, Dutch architect and sculptor (d. 1621)
  • August 16 - Christina, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1637)
  • September 28 - Alessandro Tassoni, Italian poet and writer (d. 1635)
  • November 10 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646)
  • date unknown » See also .

    Deaths

  • January 19 - Diego Laynez, Jesuit theologian (b. 1512)
  • March 17 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (b. 1500)
  • May 28 - Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Polish magnate (b. 1515)
  • June 12 - Adrianus Turnebus, French classical scholar (b. 1512)
  • June 17 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)
  • August - Jacques Buus, Flemish composer and organist (b. 1500)
  • September 20 - Cypriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (b. 1515)
  • October 5 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522)
  • October 12 - Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520)
  • October 14 - Thomas Chaloner, English statesman and poet (b. 1521)
  • October 22 - Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479)
  • December 9 - Pope Pius IV (b. 1499)
  • December 13 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (b. 1516)
  • date unknown » See also .

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