1564
| Years: 1561 1562 1563 – 1564 – 1565 1566 1567 | |
| Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s – 1560s – 1570s 1580s 1590s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century | |
Events
- March 8 – Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death
- June 22 – Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World
- September 10 – The Battle of Kawanakajima
- Ottoman Turks invade Malta
- Modern pencil becomes common in England
- Conquistadors crossed the Pacific
- Spanish found a colony in the Philippines
Births
- February 6 – Christopher Marlowe, English poet and dramatist (d. 1593)
- February 15 – Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642)
- March 9 – David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (d. 1617)
- April 23 – William Shakespeare, English poet and dramatist (d. 1616)
- September 24 – William Adams, English navigator and Japanese samurai (d. 1620)
- Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (d. 1638)
- Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic, Bohemian composer and protestant rebel (d. 1621)
Deaths
- February 18 – Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian artist and architect (b. 1475)
- May 27 – John Calvin, Swiss protestant reformer (b. 1509)
- July 27 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1503)
- October 5 – Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer
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