What happened in 1568?
Eighty Years' War, First Russo-Turkish War and Battle of Heiligerlee — among 48 events recorded in 1568.
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Wars & Conflicts 15
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First Russo-Turkish War
1568-1570 part of the Russo-Turkish Wars
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Battle of Heiligerlee
1568 battle
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Battle of Jemmingen
1568 battle during the Eighty Years' War
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Siege of Malacca
1568 offensive by Sultanate of Aceh
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Battle of Dahlen
1568 battle
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Battle of Jodoigne
1568 battle
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Battle of Langside
1568 opening battle of the Marian civil war in Scotland
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Siege of Chartres
1568 siege
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Siege of Hachigata
1568 siege
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Siege of Ranthambore
1568 siege in which the Mughal emperor Akbar defeated Surjan Hada
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Battle of Le Quesnoy
1568 battle of the Eighty Years' War
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Battle of Kannonji Castle
1568 battle
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Eighty Years' War
16th- and 17th-century Dutch revolt against the Habsburgs
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Battle of San Juan de Ulúa
1568 naval battle
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Blockade of Cebu
1568 failed Portuguese naval action
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Adrianople
1568 peace treaty ending the Austrian-Turkish War
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People 17
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Andrés de Urdaneta died
Spanish Basque explorer
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Magdalena Zeger died
Calendar maker, astronomer, astrologer
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Juan de Ortega died
Spanish mathematician
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Ñuflo de Chaves died
Spanish conquistador
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Hans Dernschwam died
Czech traveller
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Vincenza Armani died
Italian stage actress, opera singer, poet and sculptor
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Heinrich Lautensack died
German artist
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Urban VIII born
Born in Florence. 235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 (1568–1644).
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Tommaso Campanella born
Born in Stilo. Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet (1568-1639).
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Honoré d'Urfé born
Born in Marseille. French writer (1568-1625).
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Michael Maier born
Born in Rendsburg. German physician, alchemist and composer (1568–1622).
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Elisabeth of Valois died
Died in Aranjuez. Queen consort of Spain (1545-1568).
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Sophie of Pomerania died
Died in Schleswig. Queen consort of Denmark and Norway.
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Lamoral, Count of Egmont died
Died in Grand-Place. General and statesman in Flanders (1522-1568).
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Nicolaus Olahus died
Died in Trnava. Roman Catholic archbishop.
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Henrique I of Kongo died
Died in M'banza-Kongo. King of Kongo from 1566 to 1567.
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Aben Humeya died
Died in Laujar de Andarax. Spanish revolutionary.
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Religion & Belief Systems 7
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Paradesi Synagogue
Synagogue in India
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High Synagogue
Synagogue
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Murad Pasha Mosque
Mosque in Damascus, Syria
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Saint Sophia Cathedral
Cathedral in Vologda, Russia
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Penha Convent
Convent in Vila Velha, Brazil
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Lutheran church in Sabile
Latvian cultural monument No. 6762
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Kenmei-ji Temple
Buddhist temple in Japan
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Architecture & Engineering 7
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Church of the Gesù
Church in Rome, Italy, and precursor of the Baroque style
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Saints Martin and Sebastian of the Swiss
Church in Rome, Italy
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Santa Maria del Rosario a Portamedina, Naples
Church
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Oratory of St Thomas Aquinas
Church building in Florence, Italy
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Casa del Tesoro
Former building in Madrid, next to the Royal Alcázar of Madrid
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Zolotyy Potik Castle
Historic site
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Saint Anne church in Niemysłowice
Church building in Niemysłowice, Poland
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Empires & Countries 1
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Kingdom of Pajang founded
Kingdom of Pajang was founded.
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