Events 1560

1 events

1.1 january–june
1.2 july–december
1.3 date unknown

events

august 2: livonian brothers of sword defeated.

january–june

february 27 – treaty of berwick: terms agreed upon, lords of congregation in kingdom of scotland, forces of kingdom of england enter scotland, expel french troops defending regency of mary of guise.
march 7 – spanish-led expedition, commanded juan de la cerda, 4th duke of medinaceli, overruns tunisian island of djerba.
march 17 – leaders of amboise conspiracy, including godefroy de barry, seigneur de la renaudie, make unsuccessful attempt storm château of amboise, young french king , queen residing. la renaudie subsequently caught , executed, along on 1,000 of followers.
april 15 – denmark buys estonian island of saaremaa, last prince-bishop.
may 11 – battle of djerba: ottoman fleet, commanded piali pasha, overwhelms large joint european (mainly spanish) fleet, sinking half ships.
june 12 – battle of okehazama: oda nobunaga defeats imagawa yoshimoto.

july–december

july 6 – treaty of edinburgh signed between england, france , scotland. french withdraw scotland. largely ends auld alliance between france , scotland, , ends wars between england , northern neighbour.
august 2 – livonian war – battle of ergeme: russians defeat livonian brothers of sword, precipitating dissolution of order.
august 17 – scottish reformation parliament adopts protestant confession of faith , rejects papal authority, beginning scottish reformation, , disestablishing roman catholicism in scotland.
august 21 – total eclipse of sun observable in europe.
september 29 – eric xiv becomes king of sweden, upon death of father gustav vasa.
december 5 – seventeen-year-old mary, queen of scots, widowed death of first husband, king francis ii of france. mother-in-law, catherine de medici, becomes regent of france.
december 6 – charles ix of france succeeds elder brother, francis ii, @ age of ten.

date unknown

the complete geneva bible published.
the first tulip bulb brought constantinople netherlands (probable date).
the first scientific society, academia secretorum naturae, founded in naples giambattista della porta.
solihull school founded in west midlands of england.
the oldest surviving violin (dated inside), known charles ix, made in cremona, in northern italy.
bairam khan loses power in mughal empire.
the mongols invade , occupy qinghai.
the great age of piracy in caribbean starts around time.