• July 10 - Lady Jane Grey becomes Queen of England for nine days.
• July 19 - Mary I becomes Queen of England.
• August 2 - Battle of Marciano[?]. French forces invading Italy under Marshal Blaise de Monluc[?] are defeated by an imperial army under the Marquis of Marignano and are forced to retreat into Siena, which is besieged by the imperialists.
• Battle of Sievershausen[?] - Elector Maurice of Saxony[?] defeats the Catholic forces of Margrave Albert of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. Maurice is mortally wounded.
• Russia, Opening of the maritime way of the White sea by the British captain Chancellor, beginning of the trade with the England

Births

• February 28 - Michel de Montaigne, writer and philosopher (+ 1592)
• December 13 - King Henry IV of France

Deaths

• July 6 - King Edward VI of England.
• Pedro de Valdivia conquistador of Chile and founder of Santiago, Chile.