1570
| Years: 1567 1568 1569 – 1570 – 1571 1572 1573 | |
| Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s – 1570s – 1580s 1590s 1600s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century | |
Events
- January 23 – The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war
- February 25 – Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- May 20 – Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas.
- August 8 – The Peace of Saint-Germain ends the Third War of Religion in France. Again, the Huguenots are promised religious freedom and political autonomy.
- Académie française founded
- China, the Voyage in Occident, (Novel)
Births
- April 13 – Guy Fawkes, English conspirator (b. 1606)
Deaths
- January 23 – James Stewart, Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland
- François Bonivard, Swiss patriot and historian (b. 1496)
- Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter, architect, and sculptor (b. 1504)
- Yi Hwang, Korean Confucian scholar (b. 1501)
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