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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
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Years: 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 - 1566 - 1567 1568 1569 1570 1571
[edit] Events
[edit] Births
- March 8 - Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer and murderer (died 1613)
- May 26 - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (died 1603)
- June 19 - King James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (died 1625)
- June 20 (O.S.) - King Sigismund III of Poland (d. 1632)
- August 12 - Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (d. 1633)
- September 1 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (died 1626)
- September 18 - King Sigismund III of Poland/Sigismund I of Sweden (died 1632)
- October 13 - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (died 1643)
- November 10 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (died 1601)
- December 11 - (baptised) - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (died 1650)
- December 20 - Edward Wightman, English Baptist martyr (died 1612)
- Pietro Cerone, Italian music theorist (died 1625)
- Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (died 1643)
- Jan Jesenius, Slovak physician (died 1621)
- Michal Sedziwój, Polish alchemist (died 1636)
- James Sempill, Scottish theologian (died 1626)
