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# 1560s

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Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: | 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s
Years: | 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509

## [edit] Events

- In 1565 St. Augustine is founded by the Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés on August 28 in modern-day Florida. The city is the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the continental United States.
- In 1569, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is founded.
- Start of Eighty Years' War.

### [edit] World Leaders

- Queen Elizabeth I in England
- Philip II, King of Spain

## [edit] Births

- William Shakespeare, British writer
- Karl I of Liechtenstein, first Prince of Liechtenstein
- Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India

## [edit] Deaths

- Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter
- Vladimir of Staritsa, Russian prince

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