1561 Calendar
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Historical Event(s)
July 2, 1561
– Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
July 12, 1561
– Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.
August 19, 1561
– An 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
August 24, 1561
– Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
September 9, 1561
– The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy at Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
September 10, 1561
– Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima – Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
Who Were Born On ?
January 6, 1561
– Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656)
January 22, 1561
– Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher (d. 1626)
July 11, 1561
– Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)
July 24, 1561
– Maria of Palatinate-Simmern, Duchess of Södermanland (d. 1589)
August 20, 1561
– Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (d. 1633)
August 25, 1561
– Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)
September 29, 1561
– Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615)
October 24, 1561
– Anthony Babington, Leader of the Babington Plot (d. 1586)
December 7, 1561
– Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)
December 9, 1561
– Sir Edwin Sandys, English-born Virginian colonist (d. 1629)