1564
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s |
| Years: | 1561 1562 1563 - 1564 - 1565 1566 1567 |
| 1564 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1564 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1564
- March 8 - Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death.
- June 22 - French settlers abandon Charlesfort, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World, and establish Fort Caroline in Florida.
- September 10 - The Battle of Kawanakajima occurs.
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- Ottoman Turks invade Malta.
- Modern pencil becomes common in England.
- Conquistadors crossed the Pacific.
- Spanish founded a colony in the Philippines.
- First rat king discovery reported.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1564 MDLXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2317 |
| Armenian calendar | 1013 ԹՎ ՌԺԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -280 – -279 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2108 |
| Chinese calendar | 4200/4260-12-18 (癸亥年十二月十八日) — to —
4201/4261-11-28(甲子年十一月廿八日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1556 – 1557 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5324 – 5325 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1619 – 1620 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1486 – 1487 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4665 – 4666 |
| Holocene calendar | 11564 |
| Iranian calendar | 942 – 943 |
| Islamic calendar | 971 – 972 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 7 (永禄7年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2224 (皇紀2224年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11564 |
| Julian calendar | 1609 |
| Korean calendar | 3897 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2107 |
- February 15 - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (died 1642)
- February 26 - Christopher Marlowe, English poet and dramatist (died 1593)
- March 9 - David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (died 1617)
- April 26 (baptized) - William Shakespeare, English poet and dramatist (died 1616)
- April 27 - Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (died 1632)
- September 24 - William Adams, English navigator and samurai (died 1620)
- November 22 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English peer and traitor (died 1619)
- date unknown
- William Bathe, Jesuit priest (died 1614)
- Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (died 1638)
- Daniel Chamier, minister of religion in France (died 1621)
- Henry Chettle, English dramatist (died 1607)
- Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic, Bohemian composer and Protestant rebel (beheaded 1621)
- Paul Miki, Japanese Catholic saint and martyr (died 1597)
- Thomas Morton, English churchman (died 1659)
- Francisco Pacheco, Spanish painter (died 1654)
- Pedro Páez, Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia (died 1622)
- Thomas Shirley, English pirate (died 1620)
- See also Category: 1564 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514)
- February 18 - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian artist and architect (born 1475)
- May 2 - Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)
- May 27 - John Calvin, French Protestant reformer (born 1509)
- July 27 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1503)
- July 31 - Luis de Velasco, Viceroy of New Spain (born 1511)
- October 5 - Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer
- October 15 - Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (born 1514)
- October 18 - Johannes Acronius Frisius, German physician and mathematician (born 1520)
- date unknown
- Pierre Belon, French naturalist (born 1517)
- Giovanni da Udine, Italian painter (born 1487)
- Purandara Dasa, Indian musician (born1484)
- Charles Etienne, French anatomist (born 1503)
- Guillaume Morel, French classical scholar (born 1505)
- Manus O'Donnell, Irish leader
- Maurice Scève, French poet (born 1500)
- See also Category: 1564 deaths.
