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Historical Events for the Year 1561

  • 2nd March » Mendoza, Argentina is founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro del Castillo.
  • 31st March » The city of San Cristóbal, Táchira is founded.
  • 2nd July » Menas of Ethiopia e.g Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
  • 19th August » Mary, Queen of Scots, who was 18-years-old, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
  • 24th August » William the Silent or Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
  • 9th September » The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy at Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile Roman Catholicism in France known as French Catholics and Huguenots named Protestants.
  • 10th September » Battles of Kawanakajima e.g Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.

Famous Birthdays in 1561

  • 6th January » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (d. 1656)
  • 22nd January » Francis Bacon, English philosopher (d. 1626)
  • 11th July » Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)
  • 24th July » Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern (d. 1589)
  • 20th August » Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (d. 1633)
  • 25th August » Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (d. 1632)
  • 10th September » Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Paraguayan-Argentinian soldier and politician (d. 1634)
  • 29th September » Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician (d. 1615)
  • 24th October » Anthony Babington, English leader of the Babington Plot (d. 1586)
  • 7th December » Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyo (d. 1625)
  • 9th December » Edwin Sandys (died 1629) named Edwin Sandys, English politician (d. 1629)

Famous Deaths in History for 1561

  • 31st January » Bairam Khan, Mughalan general (b. 1501)
  • 31st January » Menno Simons, Dutch minister and theologian (b. 1496)
  • 26th February » Jorge de Montemor, Spanish author and poet (b. 1520)
  • 27th October » Lope de Aguirre, Spanish explorer (b. 1510)