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Centuries
:
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Events
March 23
-
Peace of Longjumeau
ends the
Second War of Religion
in
France
. Again
Catherine de Medici
and
Charles IX
make substantial concessions to the Huguenots.
May 13
-
Battle of Langside
: the forces of
Mary Queen of Scots
are defeated by a confederacy of
Scottish
Protestants
under
James Stewart, Earl of Moray
, her half-brother.
May 16
-
Mary Queen of Scots
flees to
England
.
May 19
- Queen
Elizabeth I of England
arrests
Mary Queen of Scots
.
May 23
-
Battle of Heiligerlee
- Troops under
William of Orange's
younger brother, Louis of Nassau, defeat a smaller loyalist force under the Duke of Arenberg in an attempt to invade the Northern Netherlands.
July 21
-
Battle of Jemmingen
- The main Spanish army of the
Duke of Alva
utterly defeats Louis of Nassau's invading army in the Northeastern Netherlands.
August 18
- Beginning of the
Third War of Religion
in France after an unsuccessful attempt by the Royalists to capture
Cond
and Coligny, the Huguenot leaders.
October 5
-
William of Orange
invades the Southeastern Netherlands.
October 20
-
Battle of Jodoigne
. Spanish forces under the Duke of Alva destroy Orange's rearguard. Orange abandons his offensive.
Beginning of the
Azuchi-Momoyama period
in
Japan
.
Start of
Eighty Years' War
.
Peace of Adrianople: The
Ottomans
agree to pay tribute to the
Hapsburgs
.
Births
February 11
-
Honore d'Urfe
French writer
April
-
Pope Urban VIII
(d.
1684
)
September 3
-
Adriano Banchieri
, Italian composer of
madrigal comedy
Deaths
March 20
-
Albert of Prussia
, first duke of Prussia (b.
1490
)
July 24
-
Don Carlos of Spain
, son of
Philip II of Spain
(b.
1545
)
October 3
-
Elizabeth of Valois
, Queen of
Philip II of Spain
(b.
1545
)
December 23
-
Roger Ascham
,
Elizabeth I
's tutor
December 31
-
Shimazu Tadayoshi
, Japanese daimyo (b.
1493
)
Ashikaga Yoshihide
, Ashikaga shogun (b.
1538
)
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