What happened in 1566?
Siege of Szigetvár, Siege of Valenciennes and Siege of Minowa — among 48 events recorded in 1566.
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Wars & Conflicts 9
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Siege of Szigetvár
1566 battle in Hungary during the Ottoman–Habsburg wars
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Siege of Valenciennes
1566 during the Eighty Years' War
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Siege of Minowa
Japanese battle in 1566
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Siege of Gyula (1566)
1566 siege
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Bohus explosion
1566 explosion in Bohus
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Battle of Brobacka
1566 Swedish-Danish battle
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Action of 26 July 1566
Battle in the Northern Seven Year's War
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Lahore Fort
citadel in Lahore, Pakistan
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Vellore Fort
16th-century fort in India
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People 17
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Suleiman the Magnificent died
The tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
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Nostradamus died
French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
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Girolamo Ruscelli died
Italian writer
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Cristóbal Vaca de Castro died
Spanish explorer (1492-1566)
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Gonzalo García Zorro died
Spanish conquistador
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Lope de Rueda died
Spanish dramatist and actor
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Giovanni Paolo Paladino died
Composer and lutenist
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James VI and I born
Born in Edinburgh Castle. King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625.
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Giambattista Basile born
Born in Giugliano in Campania. Italian writer (1583-1632).
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Michał Sędziwój born
Born in Łukowica. Polish alchemist, philosopher, and medical doctor.
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Giovanni Baglione born
Born in Rome. Painter and biographer of artists (c. 1566–1643).
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Jan Jesenius born
Born in Wrocław. Bohemian philosopher, doctor, politician and science writer (1566-1621).
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Sigismund III Vasa born
Born in Gripsholm Castle. King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599 (1566–1632).
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Filipe de Brito e Nicote born
Born in Lisbon. Adventurer, mercenary, and Governor of Syriam (1605-1613).
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Peter I of Kongo died
Died in M'banza-Kongo. Mwene Kongo.
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Ferenc Forgách born
Born in Esztergom. (1560/66–1615) Roman Catholic archbishop of Esztergom.
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Bernardo I of Kongo died
Died in M'banza-Kongo. Was king of the kingdom of Kongo from 1561 to 1566.
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Exploration & Discovery 3
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The Orator
Roman-Etruscan bronze sculpture
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Shipwreck outside Visby 1566
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Ottoman expedition to Naxos
1566 military expedition
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Religion & Belief Systems 12
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Banya Bashi Mosque
Mosque in Bulgaria
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Al-Adiliyah Mosque
Mosque in Syria
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Great Mosque of Banten
Mosque in Indonesia
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Sokollu Mehmed Pasha III Mosque
Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
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Port-Royal Abbey
Abbey located in Paris, in France
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Atik Mosque, Bijeljina
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Erzurum Boyahane Mosque
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Resurrection monastery in Murom
Monastery in Murom, Russia
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Holy Trinity Monastery, Cheboksary
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Ermita de Sant Miquel de Pego
Chapel in Pego, Spain
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Vronta Monastery
Monastery in Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands Municipality, Greece
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Kyoten-ji Temple
Buddhist temple of the Nichiren Shū sect in Kyotango, Japan
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Architecture & Engineering 6
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Church of San Giorgio Maggiore
Basilica on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice
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Santa Caterina, Palermo
Church building in Palermo, Italy
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Pha That Luang
Laotian Buddhist stupa
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Castle of Mey
Castle in Caithness, Scotland
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Salimiyya Madrasa
Ottoman madrasa, part of the Sulaymaniyya Takiyya in Damascus, Syria
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Büyükçekmece Caravanserai
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Empires & Countries 1
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Maona of Chios and Phocaea dissolved
Maona of Chios and Phocaea ceased to exist, having been centered at Chios.
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