1566

Centuries - Year in Review 16th Century

15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1490s - 1500s - 1510s - 1520s - 1530s - 1540s - 1550s - 1560s - 1570s - 1580s - 1590s

1559 1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569

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Births

• Sigismund III Vasa, king of Poland and Sweden

Deaths

Events

• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Suleiman I (the Magnificient) (1520-1566) to Selim II (1566-1574)