What happened in 1566?
30 recorded events in 1566, including 12 in people, 7 in religion & belief systems and 6 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 6
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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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People 12
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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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Exploration & Discovery 2
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The Orator
Roman-Etruscan bronze sculpture
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Shipwreck outside Visby 1566
Shipwreck outside Visby 1566 (Exploration & Discovery).
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Religion & Belief Systems 7
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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
Atik Mosque, Bijeljina (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Erzurum Boyahane Mosque
Erzurum Boyahane Mosque (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Architecture & Engineering 2
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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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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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