1560 ( MDLX ) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar , the 1560th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 560th year of the 2nd millennium , the 60th year of the 16th century , and the 1st year of the 1560s decade. As of the start of 1560, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

• July 6 ? Treaty of Edinburgh

Births [ change | change source ]

• Anton Praetorius , fighter against torture and chase of witches (d. 1613 )
• August 7 ? Elizabeth Bathory , Hungarian murderer
• November 28 ? Baltasar of Marradas , Spanish noblemanbleman, knight of the Knights of Malta, imperial field marshal, governor in Bohemia (d. 1638 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• April 19 ? Philipp Melanchthon , German humanist and reformer
• September 29 ? King Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496 )