• April 27 - Cebu City[?] is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in Philippines.
• August 28: St. Augustine, Florida (named after St. Augustine), established. It is the oldest remaining European settlement in the United States.

• Miguel López de Legaspi founds San Miguel, the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines
• Russia, beginning of the Opritchtina[?]

Births

Deaths

• Nicolaus Von Amsdorf