1566 Calendar
A year scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

1566 Calendar

January
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     
February
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728     
March
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
April
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
May
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    
June
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  
July
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      
August
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
September
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930 
October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     
November
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930   
December
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031

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1566 Historical Event(s)

March 9, 1566 – David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
April 5, 1566 – Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II.

Who Were Born On 1566?

March 8, 1566 – Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)
May 26, 1566 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1603)
June 19, 1566 – King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625)
June 20, 1566 – King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland (d. 1632)
August 12, 1566 – Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (d. 1633)
September 1, 1566 – Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)
October 13, 1566 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (d. 1643)
November 10, 1566 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (d. 1601)
December 11, 1566 – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d. 1650)
December 20, 1566 – Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)