1560s
Events
In 1565 St. Augustine is founded by the Spanish admiral Pedro Menendez de Aviles on August 28 in modern-day Florida. The city is the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the continental United States.
In 1569, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is founded.
Start of Eighty Years' War.
World leaders
Queen Elizabeth I in England
Philip II, King of Spain
Births
William Shakespeare, British writer
Karl I of Liechtenstein, first Prince of Liechtenstein
Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India
Deaths
Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter
Vladimir of Staritsa, Russian prince