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Events
- January 16 - Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia.
- January 28 - Edward VI succeeds his father Henry VIII as King of England.
- February 20 - Edward VI of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey
- April 24 - Battle of Mühlberg - Emperor Charles V defeats the forces of the Schmalkaldic League under the Elector John Frederick of Saxony.
- July 31 - Henry II succeeds his father Francis I as King of France
- September 10 - Battle of Pinkie. An English army under the Duke of Somerset, Protector of England, defeats a Scottish army under James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, the Regent. The English seize Edinburgh.
- First printed book in the Lithuanian language. Author - Martynas Mazvydas.
- Increased immigration of Huguenots to Kent, especially Canterbury
- Chambre Ardente established in Paris
Births
- February 24 - Don John of Austria, military leader (died 1578)
- March 1 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (died 1628)
- June 28 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (died 1599)
- September 14 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (died 1619)
- September 22 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (died 1590)
- September 29 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer (died 1616)
- October 18 - Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (died 1606)
- November 12 - Claude of Valois, daughter of King Henry II of France (died 1575)
- December 5 - Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625)
- Matteo Perez d' Aleccio, Italian painter (died 1616)
- Mateo Alemán, Spanish novelist and man of letters (died 1609)
- Peter Bales, English calligraphist (died 1610)
- Marc Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer (died 1592)
- Oichi, Japanese noblewoman
- Krzysztof Mikolaj Piorun Radziwill, Polish nobleman (died 1603)
- Richard Stanyhurst, English translator of Virgil (died 1618)
- Nicolaus Taurellus, German philosopher and theologian (died 1606)
- Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer (died 1620)
- Stanislaw Zolkiewski, Polish nobleman (died 1620)
Deaths
- January 13 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (born 1517)
- January 16 - Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)
- January 18 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal and scholar (born 1470)
- January 28 - King Henry VIII of England (born 1491)
- June 21 - Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485)
- July 31 - King Francis I of France (born 1494)
- December 2 - Hernán Cortés, Spanish conquistador (born 1485)
- Jörg Breu the Younger, German painter (born 1510)
- Saint Cajetan, born in Vicenza (born 1480)
- Vittoria Colonna, marchioness of Pescara (born 1490)
- Edward Hall, English chronicler and lawyer (born 1498)
- Meera, Rajput princess
- Daniel, Metropolitan of Moscow
- Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (born 1465)
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