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1566
(
MDLXVI
)
was a
common year starting on Tuesday
of the
Julian calendar
, the 1566th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 566th year of the
2nd millennium
, the 66th year of the
16th century
, and the 7th year of the
1560s
decade. As of the start of 1566, the Gregorian calendar was
10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
- March 8
?
Carlo Gesualdo
, Italian composer and murderer (died
1613
)
- May 26
?
Mehmed III
,
Ottoman Emperor
(died
1603
)
- June 19
? King
James VI of Scotland
/
James I of England
and Ireland (died
1625
)
- June 20
(O.S.) ? King
Sigismund III of Poland
(d.
1632
)
- August 12
?
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain
(d.
1633
)
- September 1
?
Edward Alleyn
, English actor (died
1626
)
- September 18
? King
Sigismund III of Poland
/
Sigismund I of Sweden
(died
1632
)
- October 13
?
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
, Irish politician (died
1643
)
- November 10
?
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
, English politician (died
1601
)
- December 11
? (baptised) ?
Manuel Cardoso
, Portuguese composer (died
1650
)
- December 20
?
Edward Wightman
, English Baptist martyr (died
1612
)
- Pietro Cerone
, Italian music theorist (died
1625
)
- Giovanni Baglione
, Italian painter and historian of art (died
1643
)
- Jan Jesenius
, Slovak physician (died
1621
)
- Michal Sedziwoj
, Polish alchemist (died
1636
)
- James Sempill
, Scottish theologian (died
1626
)
