January 28 » The Edict of Torda prohibited the persecution of individuals on religious ground in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
March 23 » The Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion.
May 2 » Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
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.
October 20 » The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.
January 28 » Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
March 7 » A peace treaty is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, ending the Ottoman–Venetian War and leaving Cyprus in Ottoman hands.
May 26 » The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Dutch War of Independence.
July 6 » Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
July 13 » Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
September 10 » German pirate Klein Henszlein and 33 of his crew beheaded in Hamburg .
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