Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1566. This year saw 9 significant events. 2 notable figures passed away.
Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette (la) valɛt]; c. 4 February 1495 – 21 August 1568) was a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 21 August 1557 to his death in 1568.
Three hundred nobles in the Habsburg Netherlands submit the Compromise of Nobles petition to Margaret of Parma against the Inquisition and the enforcement of the placards against heresy
Tribunal convicts Agnes Waterhouse of witchcraft and sentences her to be the first British woman executed for the crime (Chelmsford, England)
Great Britain executes Agnes Waterhouse, the first British woman convicted of witchcraft in Chelmsford, England
Protestant Iconoclasm "Beeldenstorm" (Iconoclastic Fury) begins in the European Low Countries
Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp, Belgium; the cathedral's interior is torn apart by Protestants
Beeldenstormˌstɔr (ə)m]) in Dutch and Bildersturm [ˈbɪldɐˌʃtʊʁm] in German (roughly translatable from both languages as 'attack on the images or statues') are terms used for outbreaks of destruction...
Iconoclastic fury begins in the Dutch province of Utrecht
Danish student and future astronomer Tycho Brache loses part of his nose in a sword duel over who is the better mathematician (he wore a prosthetic nose the rest of his life)
Nostradamus, French seer and astrologer, known for french seer and astrologer, died on 1566-07-02.
Suleiman the Magnificent dies
Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette (la) valɛt]; c. 4 February 1495 – 21 August 1568) was a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 21 August 1557 to his death in 1568.
Three hundred nobles in the Habsburg Netherlands submit the Compromise of Nobles petition to Margaret of Parma against the Inquisition and the enforcement of the placards against heresy
Tribunal convicts Agnes Waterhouse of witchcraft and sentences her to be the first British woman executed for the crime (Chelmsford, England)
Great Britain executes Agnes Waterhouse, the first British woman convicted of witchcraft in Chelmsford, England
Protestant Iconoclasm "Beeldenstorm" (Iconoclastic Fury) begins in the European Low Countries
Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp, Belgium; the cathedral's interior is torn apart by Protestants
Beeldenstormˌstɔr (ə)m]) in Dutch and Bildersturm [ˈbɪldɐˌʃtʊʁm] in German (roughly translatable from both languages as 'attack on the images or statues') are terms used for outbreaks of destruction...
Iconoclastic fury begins in the Dutch province of Utrecht
Danish student and future astronomer Tycho Brache loses part of his nose in a sword duel over who is the better mathematician (he wore a prosthetic nose the rest of his life)