1563
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s |
| Years: | 1560 1561 1562 - 1563 - 1564 1565 1566 |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
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Year 1563 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1563
- February 1 - Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- February 18 - Francis, Duke of Guise is assassinated while besieging Orléans.
- March - Peace of Amboise. Negotiated between the Prince of Condé and Anne de Montmorency, it accords some toleration to the Huguenots, especially to aristocrats. The combined Huguenot and royal armies then march north to besiege the English in Le Havre.
- July 28 - The English surrender Le Havre to the French after a siege.
- December 4 - Official closing of the Council of Trent (opened December 13, 1545).
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1563 MDLXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2316 |
| Armenian calendar | 1012 ԹՎ ՌԺԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -281 – -280 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2107 |
| Chinese calendar | 4199/4259-12-7 (壬戌年十二月初七日) — to —
4200/4260-12-17(癸亥年十二月十七日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1555 – 1556 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5323 – 5324 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1618 – 1619 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1485 – 1486 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4664 – 4665 |
| Holocene calendar | 11563 |
| Iranian calendar | 941 – 942 |
| Islamic calendar | 970 – 971 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 6 (永禄6年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2223 (皇紀2223年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11563 |
| Julian calendar | 1608 |
| Korean calendar | 3896 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2106 |
- January - Leonhard Hutter, German Lutheran theologian (died 1616)
- January 30 - Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian (died 1641)
- March 5 - John Coke, English politician (died 1644)
- June 1 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (died 1612)
- September 4 - Wanli Emperor of China (d. 1620)
- October 14 - Jodocus Hondius, Flemish artist (died 1633)
- November 8 - Henry I, Duke of Lorraine (died 1624)
- November 19 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (died 1626)
- December 19 - Lord William Howard (died 1640)
- date unknown
- Yi Su-gwang, Korean scholar (died 1628)
- Francis Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell, nephew of James Hepburn (died 1612)
- Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire (died 1606)
- John Dowland, English composer (died 1626)
- Michael Drayton, English poet (died 1631)
- Scipione Gentili, Italian legal scholar (died 1616)
- Anna Guarini, Italian virtuoso singer (died 1598)
- Hosokawa Gracia, Japanese noblewoman (died 1600)
- Marcin Kazanowski, Polish nobleman (died 1636)
- Zygmunt Kazanowski, Polish nobleman (died 1634)
- Robert Naunton, English politician and writer (died 1635)
- Joshua Sylvester, English poet (died 1618)
- Jean Titelouze, French organist (died 1633)
- See also Category: 1563 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 1 - Emperor Menas of Ethiopia (fever) (born 1559)
- February 24 - Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (shot) (born 1519)
- March 24 - Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (born 1514)
- March 28 - Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (born 1488)
- May 21 - Martynas Mažvydas, author of the first printed book in Lithuanian (born 1510)
- June 6 - Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese military commander (born 1519)
- June 9 - William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (born 1506)
- August 11 - Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (born 1500)
- August 18 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (born 1530)
- September 17 - Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier (born 1526)
- December 29 - Sebastian Castello, French theologian (born 1515)
- date unknown
- Ioan Iacob Heraclid, ruler of Moldavia (born 1511)
- [Odet de Selve]], French diplomat (born c1504)
- [Elizabeth Seymour]], English noblewoman (born 1513)
- See also Category: 1563 deaths.
