1560





Year 1560 was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

Events of 1560

 * - The of, which would expel the  from the , is signed by the  and the  of
 * The first bulb was brought from  to the.
 * bought the Estonian island of from its last princebichop.
 * - : defeats.
 * - between England, France and Scotland.  The French withdraw from Scotland.  This largely ends the "" between France and Scotland, and ends the wars between England and its northern neighbour.
 * - : Russians defeat the in the, precipitating the dissolution of the order.
 * - the is overthrown and  was established as the national religion in Scotland.
 * - succeeds  as.
 * - (of France) succeeds.

Undated



 * introduces in the form of  to the French court.
 * was founded.
 * The oldest surviving (dated inside), known as the Charles IX, is made in, in northern.
 * The great age of in the  starts around this time.

Births

 * -, Swiss botanist (died )
 * -, Italian composer and murderer (died )
 * -, German surgeon (died )
 * -, Hungarian serial killer (died )
 * -, German composer (died )
 * -, Polish noblewoman (died )
 * -, Dutch theologian (died )
 * -, Italian painter (died )
 * -, Dutch critic and scholar (died )
 * , Italian composer (died )**, Polish military commander (died )
 * , King of Kotte of Ceylon (died )
 * , Scottish scholar (died )
 * , Dutch architect (died )
 * , Scottish Lord of the Clan MacLean (died )
 * , Japanese samurai (died )
 * , Irish nobleman (died )
 * , Polish noblewoman (died )
 * , epigrammatist (died )
 * , German pastor (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, French poet (born c)
 * -, Florentine sculptor (born )
 * -, French cardinal and diplomat (born c)
 * -, German humanist and reformer (born )
 * -, queen of and regent (born )
 * -, Japanese daimyo (born )
 * June 12 -, Japanese warrior (born )
 * -, Japanese samurai (born ?)
 * -, wife Tsar
 * -, English noblewoman (born )
 * - King (born )
 * -, Spanish theologian (born )
 * -, Italian naval commander (born )
 * - King (born )
 * , Polish Protestant evangelical reformer (born )
 * , English composer and organist (born )


 * See also .