1561 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1561?
- July 2, 1561 – Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
- July 12, 1561 – Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.
- August 19, 1561 – An 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
- August 24, 1561 – Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
- September 9, 1561 – The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy at Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
- September 10, 1561 – Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima – Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
Who Were Born In The Year 1561?
- January 6, 1561 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656)
- January 22, 1561 – Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher (d. 1626)
- July 11, 1561 – Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)
- July 24, 1561 – Maria of Palatinate-Simmern, Duchess of Södermanland (d. 1589)
- August 20, 1561 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (d. 1633)
- August 25, 1561 – Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)
- September 10, 1561 – Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)
- September 29, 1561 – Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615)
- October 24, 1561 – Anthony Babington, Leader of the Babington Plot (d. 1586)
- December 7, 1561 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)
- December 9, 1561 – Sir Edwin Sandys, English-born Virginian colonist (d. 1629)
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