Editing 1567

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[[File:Battle of Saint Denis 1567.jpg|thumb|200px|[[November 10]]: [[Battle of Saint-Denis (1567)|Battle of Saint-Denis]].]]
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Year '''1567''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDLXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1567)|Battle of Rio de Janeiro]]: Portuguese forces under the command of [[Estácio de Sá]] definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
* [[January 23]] &ndash; After 45 years' reign, the [[Jiajing Emperor]], Zhu Houcong, dies in the [[Forbidden City]] of China.
* [[January]] &ndash; A Spanish force under the command of Captain [[Juan Pardo (explorer)|Juan Pardo]] establishes [[Fort San Juan (Joara)|Fort San Juan]], in the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] settlement of [[Joara]]. The fort is the first European settlement in present-day [[North Carolina]].
* [[February 4]] &ndash; Prince Zhu Zaiji, son of the Jiajing Emperor, becomes the ascends the throne of [[Ming Dynasty]] China as the Longqing Emperor.<ref>L. Carington Goodrich and Fang Chaoying, ''Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644'' (Columbia University Press, 1976)</ref>
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]], husband of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], is [[murder of Lord Darnley|murdered at the Provost's House]] in [[Kirk o' Field]], [[Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Weir|first=Alison|author-link=Alison Weir|year=2008|orig-year=2003|title=Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley|publisher=Random House|location=London|isbn=978-0-09-952707-7|page=255|language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Battle of Oosterweel]]: A Spanish mercenary army surprises and kills a band of rebels near [[Antwerp]] in the [[Habsburg Netherlands]], beginning the [[Eighty Years' War]].

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 9]] &ndash; In [[India]], the [[Battle of Thanesar (1567)|Battle of Thanesar]] is fought in what is now the Indian state of [[Haryana]]. The Mughal Emperor Akbar, with 300 men, wins a victory over more than 7,000 warriors of the [[Sannyasa|Sanyasi]] Hindu sect. Akbar's army has two cannons, 400 rifles and 75 elephants.
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Henrique I of Kongo|Henrique I Nerika a Mpudi]] becomes the new ruler of the [[Kingdom of Kongo]] in what is now the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the northern portion of [[Angola]]. Henrique succeeds his nephew, [[Bernardo I of Kongo]]
* [[April 12]] &ndash; The [[James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell|Earl of Bothwell]] is acquitted on charges of murder in the February 10 killing of [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley|Lord Darnley]], the husband of Mary Queen of Scots. Upon acquittal he makes plans to become Mary's new husband.
* [[April 20]] &ndash; The [[Ainslie Tavern Bond]] is signed by a group of Scottish clerics and nobles recommends Bothwell as an appropriate husband for Queen Mary and approves his acquittal after trial for the murder of her previous husband.<ref>Julian Goodare, 'The Ainslie Bond', ''Kings, Lords and Men in Scotland and Britain, 1300-1625'' (Edinburgh, 2014), pp. 15, 301-319.</ref> 
* [[April 24]] &ndash; Bothwell takes Mary prisoner at his [[Dunbar Castle|castle at Dunbar]] after preventing her from traveling from her palace to [[Edinburgh]], then rapes her.
* [[May 15]] &ndash; Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Earl of Bothwell, under duress.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Simpson|title=The Reign of Elizabeth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbD7kmPBhLIC&pg=PA64|year=2001|publisher=Heinemann|isbn=978-0-435-32735-4|pages=64}}</ref>
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Sture Murders]]: The mentally unstable King [[Erik XIV of Sweden]] and his guards murder five incarcerated nobles at [[Uppsala Castle]].
* [[June 15]] &ndash; Mary, Queen of Scots, is defeated by Scottish nobles at the [[Battle of Carberry Hill]] and imprisoned in [[Lochleven Castle]].

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 24]] &ndash; Mary, Queen of Scots, is [[Accession and Coronation Act 1567|forced to abdicate]], and replaced by her one-year-old son [[James VI and I|James VI]].
* [[July 25]] &ndash; The city of [[Caracas|Santiago de León de Caracas]] is founded by [[Diego de Losada]].
* [[July 29]] &ndash; James VI is crowned at [[Stirling]].
* [[August 22]] &ndash; The [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba|Duke of Alba]] is sent to the Netherlands with a strong Spanish force, to suppress unrest there. He replaces [[Margaret of Parma]] as Governor of the Netherlands. Prince [[William I of Orange|William of Orange]] is outlawed, and [[Lamoral, Count of Egmont]] imprisoned.
* [[September 9]] &ndash; At a dinner, the [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba|Duke of Alba]] arrests [[Lamoral, Count of Egmont]] and [[Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn]] for treason.
* [[September 27]] &ndash; After the 2-week [[Siege of Inabayama Castle]], the [[Oda clan]] capture [[Gifu Castle]] from the [[Saitō clan]] in Japan.
* [[September 29]] &ndash; The [[Second War of Religion]] begins in France, when [[Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569)|Louis, Prince of Condé]] and [[Gaspard II de Coligny|Gaspard de Coligny]] fail in an attempt to capture [[Charles IX of France|King Charles IX]] and his mother at Meaux. The Huguenots do capture several cities (including Orléans), and march on Paris.

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[Bible translations into Welsh]]: The [[New Testament]] is first published in [[Welsh language|Welsh]], in [[William Salesbury]]'s translation from the [[Koine Greek#Types|Greek]].
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Battle of Saint-Denis (1567)|Battle of Saint-Denis]]: [[Anne de Montmorency]], with 16,000 Royalists, falls on Condé's 3,500 Huguenots. The Huguenots surprisingly hold on for some hours before being driven off. Montmorency is mortally wounded.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jeremy Black|title=European Warfare, 1494-1660|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dz_JaYpWSGUC&pg=PA100|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-27532-3|pages=100|language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 21]] (10th day of 11th month, [[Eiroku]] 10) &ndash; In Japan, the [[Tōdai-ji|Tōdai-ji Great Buddha Hall]] in the [[Nara Prefecture]]  is destroyed after a six-month siege by [[Matsunaga Hisahide]] against Miyoshi Nagaitsu and the [[Miyoshi clan]]. Reconstruction of the temple does not take place until 140 years later in [[1709]].
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Antão de Noronha]], [[List of governors of Portuguese India|Viceroy]] of [[Portuguese India]] (now the Indian state of [[Goa]]) issues decrees  prohibiting the public performance of [[Hinduism|Hindu]] rituals for marriages, cremations, and sacred thread wearing. Other rules require all natives 15 or older to attend [[Christianity|Christian]] religious services, upon penalty of punishment.<ref>Antonio Jose Saraiva, ''The Marrano Factory: The Portuguese Inquisition and Its New Christians, 1536–1765'' (Brill, 2001), pp. 345–347</ref>
* [[December 12]] &ndash; The Scottish Parliament votes to approve the [[Act Anent the demission of the Crown in favour of our Sovereign Lord, and his Majesty's Coronation 1567]], an act regarding the abdication of Mary Queen of Scots in favor of her son [[James VI and I|James VI]] and the coronation of James, and confirms James as the legal ruler.<ref>''The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 2007'', ed. by K.M. Brown, et al. (St Andrews University, 2007)</ref> Mary's half brother, [[James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray]], is appointed as the regent to rule on behalf of the 18-month-old King of Scotland. In that Moray is absent from Scotland at the time, the Parliament appoints a committee of seven deputy regents to rule on behalf of Moray's power to rule on behalf of King James.

=== Date unknown ===
* King [[Frederick II of Denmark and Norway]] founds [[Fredrikstad]] in [[Norway]].
* Construction of [[Villa Capra "La Rotonda"]] in [[Vicenza]], designed by [[Andrea Palladio]], begins. It will be one of the most influential designs in the [[history of architecture]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Roger H.|last1=Clark|first2=Michael|last2=Pause|title=Precedents in architecture : analytic diagrams, formative ideas, and partis|edition=4th|location=Hoboken|publisher=Wiley|year=2012|isbn=9780470946749}}</ref>
* [[Rugby School]], one of the oldest public schools in [[England]], is founded.
* Although sparse maritime trade existed since its founding, the [[Ming dynasty]] government of China officially revokes the ''[[haijin]]'' maritime trade ban, reinstating foreign trade with all countries except Japan.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bertrand|first=Romain|title=L'Histoire à parts égales|year=2011|publisher=Seuil|location=Paris|isbn=978-2-02-105017-2|page=66}}</ref>

== Births ==
[[File:Jacob van Heemskerk Vega.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Jacob van Heemskerk]]]]
[[File:Catalina Micaela of Spain by Alonso Sánchez Coello.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain]]]]
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Fabio Colonna]], Italian scientist (d. [[1640]])
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[François d'Aguilon]], Belgian Jesuit mathematician (d. [[1617]])
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1567–1633)|Archduchess Margaret of Austria]] (d. [[1633]])
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel]], Countess Consort of Nassau-Saarbrücke (d. [[1626]])
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Anna Maria of Brandenburg]], Duchess Consort of Pomerania (d. [[1618]])
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Thomas Campion]], English poet and composer (d. [[1620]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Campion {{!}} English poet and musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Campion |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1567–1618)|Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], Countess of Holstein-Schauenburg and  Duchess Consort of Brunswick-Harburg (d. [[1618]])
* [[February 24]] &ndash; [[Jindřich Matyáš Thurn]], Swedish general (d. [[1640]])
* [[March 13]] (''bapt.'') &ndash; [[Jacob van Heemskerk]], Dutch admiral and explorer (d. [[1607]])
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Akizuki Tanenaga]], Japanese samurai and soldier (d. [[1614]])
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[John Louis I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein]], Germany noble (d. [[1596]])
* [[April 26]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Formé]], French composer (d. [[1638]])
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Sebald de Weert]], Dutch captain, vice-admiral of the Dutch East India Company (d. [[1603]])
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]] (1603–1618) (d. [[1618]])
* [[May 13]] &ndash; [[Don Giovanni de' Medici]], Italian military commander and diplomat (d. [[1621]])
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Claudio Monteverdi]], Italian composer (d. [[1643]])
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Jacob Ulfeldt (born 1567)|Jacob Ulfeldt]], Danish politician (d. [[1630]])
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Luigi Caponaro]], Italian healer (d. [[1622]])
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Philip III, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern]] (1588–1620) (d. [[1620]])
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Francis de Sales]], Savoyard Bishop of Geneva and saint (d. [[1622]])
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley]], English landowner (d. [[1643]])
* [[September 2]] &ndash; [[György Thurzó]], Palatine of Hungary (d. [[1616]])
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Date Masamune]], Japanese daimyō (d. [[1636]])
* [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Martin Fréminet]], French painter (d. [[1619]])
* [[October 10]] &ndash; [[Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain]] (d. [[1597]])
* [[November]] 
** [[Thomas Nashe]], English poet (d. [[1600]])<ref>Nicholl, Charles. ''A Cup of News: The Life of Thomas Nashe''. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1984. Page 11.</ref>
** [[Minye Kyawswa II of Ava]], last crown prince of the Toungoo Empire (Burma) (d. [[1599]])
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar]], Spanish diplomat (d. [[1626]])
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Margherita Farnese]], Benedictine nun (d. [[1643]])
* [[November 14]] &ndash; [[Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange]] (d. [[1625]])
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Anna of Saxony (1567–1613)|Anna of Saxony]], German noblewoman (d. [[1613]])
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Anne de Xainctonge]], French religious (d. [[1621]])
* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Christoph Demantius]], German composer (d. [[1643]])
* [[December 18]]
** [[Cornelius a Lapide]], Jesuit exegete (d. [[1637]])
** [[Tachibana Muneshige]], Japanese samurai and soldier (d. [[1643]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Isabel Barreto]], Spanish admiral (d. [[1612]])
** [[Pierre Biard (missionary)|Pierre Biard]], French settler and Jesuit missionary (d. [[1622]])
** [[Adriaen Block]], Dutch fur trader and navigator (d. [[1624]])
** [[Jacques Clément]], French assassin of [[Henry III of France]] (d. [[1589]])
** [[Arima Harunobu]], Japanese Christian daimyō (d. [[1612]])
** [[John Parkinson (botanist)|John Parkinson]], English herbalist and botanist (d. [[1650]])
** [[Willem Schouten]], Dutch navigator (d. [[1625]])
** [[Torii Tadamasa]], Japanese nobleman (d. [[1628]])
** [[Sanada Yukimura]], Japanese samurai and soldier (d. [[1615]])
** [[Ban Naoyuki]], Japanese samurai and soldier (d. [[1615]])

== Deaths ==
[[File:明世宗像.jpg|thumbnail|110px|right|Emperor [[Jiajing]]]]
* [[January 12]] &ndash; [[Eva von Trott]], German noble and courtier (b. [[1505]])
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Sampiero Corso]], Corsican mercenary leader (b. [[1498]])
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Jiajing Emperor]] of China (b. [[1507]])
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Wotton]], English diplomat (c. b. [[1497]]) 
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]], consort of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] (b. [[1545]])
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Estácio de Sá]], Portuguese officer, founder of [[Rio de Janeiro]] (b. [[1520]])
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse]] (b. [[1504]])
* [[April 1]] &ndash; [[Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski]], Polish nobleman (b. [[1537]])
* [[April 2]] &ndash; [[Ernest III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen]] (b. [[1518]])
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm von Grumbach]], German adventurer (b. [[1503]])
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Michael Stifel]], German mathematician (b. [[1487]])
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Marin Držić]], Croatian writer (b. [[1508]])<ref>{{cite book |author= Živojin Boškov |editor = Živan Milisavac |date=1971 |title=Jugoslovenski književni leksikon |trans-title=Yugoslav Literary Lexicon |publisher=[[Matica srpska]] |language=sh |location= [[Novi Sad]] ([[Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina|SAP Vojvodina]], [[Socialist Republic of Serbia|SR Serbia]]) |page=106 }}</ref>
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Shane O'Neill (Irish chieftain)|Shane O'Neill]], Irish chieftain (b. [[1530]])
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich|Richard Rich]], [[Lord Chancellor]] of England (b. [[1490]])
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg]]-Güstrow (b. [[1507]])
* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Myeongjong of Joseon]], ruler of Korea (b. [[1534]])
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Enea Vico]], Italian engraver (b. [[1523]])
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Pietro Carnesecchi]], Italian humanist (b. [[1508]])
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach]], Princess of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and by marriage Electress Palatine (b. [[1519]])
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Anne de Montmorency]], [[Constable of France]] (b. [[1493]])
* [[November 13]] &ndash; [[Pedro de la Gasca]], viceroy of Peru (b. [[1485]])
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Takeda Yoshinobu]], Japanese daimyō (b. [[1538]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Thomas Beccon]], English Protestant reformer (b. [[1511]])
** [[Péter Erdődy]], ban of Croatia (b. [[1504]])
** [[Shahghali]], khan of Qasim (b. [[1505]])
** [[Lawrence Sheriff]], English gentleman and grocer to Elizabeth I (b. [[1510]])
** [[Akagawa Motoyasu]], Japanese samurai

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