1568

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s

Years: 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 - 1568 - 1569 1570 1571 1572 1573

• March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau[?] ends the Second War of Religion[?] in France. Again Catherine de Medici and Charles IX make substantial concessions to the Huguenots
• May 13 - Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray[?], her half-brother.
• May 16 - Mary Queen of Scots flees to England.
• May 19 - Queen Elizabeth I of England arrests Mary Queen of Scots.
• May 23 - Battle of Heiligerlee[?] - Troops under William of Orange's younger brother, Louis of Nassau, defeat a small loyalist force under the Duke of Arenberg in an attempt to invade the Northern Netherlands.
• July 21 - Battle of Jemmingen[?] - The main Spanish army of The Duke of ALva utterly defeats Louis of Nassau's invading army in the Northeastern Netherlands.
• August 18 - Beginning of the Third War of Religion in France after an unsuccessful attempt by the Royalists to capture Condé and Coligny, the Huguenot leaders.
• Octobert 5[?] - William of Orange invades the Southeastern Netherlands
• October 20 - Battle of Jodoigne[?]. Spanish forces under the Duke of Alva destroy Orange's rearguard. Orange abandons his offensive.
• Beginning of the Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.

Births

• February 11 - Honore d'Urfe[?] French writer.

Deaths