1568



Year 1568 was a of the.

Events of 1568



 * - ends the  in .  Again  and  make substantial concessions to the Huguenots.
 * - escapes from.
 * - : the forces of  are defeated by a confederacy of  s under, her half-brother.
 * -  flees to.
 * - Queen arrests.
 * - - Troops under, brother of , defeat a smaller loyalist force under the  in an attempt to invade the Northern Netherlands.
 * - - The main Spanish army of the  utterly defeats Louis of Nassau's invading army in the Northeastern Netherlands.
 * - Beginning of the in France after an unsuccessful attempt by the Royalists to capture  and Coligny, the Huguenot leaders.
 * - The  is dethroned and succeeded by his half-brother.
 * - invades the Southeastern Netherlands.
 * - . Spanish forces under the Duke of Alva destroy Orange's rearguard.  Orange abandons his offensive.

Undated

 * The begins in.
 * The begins.
 * Peace of Adrianople: The agree to pay tribute to the.
 * of the besieges and captures the massive  in northern.

Births

 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, Italian Jesuit and saint (died )
 * - (died )
 * -, Italian composer (died )
 * -, Italian theologian and poet (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , French botanist (died )
 * , Scottish Presbyterian leader
 * , English poet (died )
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 * , Spanish religious leader (died )
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 * , Ragusan scientist (died )
 * , Japanese military leader (died )
 * , Mexican historian (d. )
 * , English poet and writer (died )
 * (died )
 * , English author and diplomat (died )
 * , Grand Secretary of China (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Chief Lady of the Bedchamber to (born c)
 * -, English Bible translator (born c)
 * -, Portuguese physician (born )
 * -, Countess of Hertford (born )
 * - Duke (born )
 * - (born )
 * -, Spanish Friar (born )
 * , Flemish statesman (born )
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 * -, British ornithologist and botanist (born )
 * -, son of (born )
 * - (born )
 * -, Swedish politician (born c. ) (executed)
 * -, Queen of (born )
 * -, Flemish composer (born )
 * -, Japanese shogun (born )
 * -, tutor of (born )
 * -, Japanese warlord (born )
 * date unknown
 * , Dutch reformer (born )
 * , English soldier and sailor (born )
 * , archbishop of Kazan and later Metropolitan of Moscow
 * , last independent king of Granada (born )
 * , French poet
 * , Portuguese Jewish physician (born )
 * , early Anabaptist writer and theologian
 * , Chinese prime minister (born )
 * , Chinese prime minister (born )


 * See also .