1560s

Births

 * , English playwright.
 * , Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher.

Events and trends

 * In 1565, the city of was founded by the Spanish admiral  on  in modern-day .  The city is the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the continental.
 * In 1566, widespread Protestant in  led to the start of the.
 * In 1569, the was founded.