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Events

January – A Spanish force under the command of Captain Juan Pardo establishes Fort San Juan, in the Native American settlement of Joara. The fort is the first European settlement in present-day North Carolina.
January 20 – Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
January 23 – After 45 years' reign, the Jiajing Emperor dies in the Forbidden City of China.
February 4 – The Longqing Emperor ascends the throne of the Ming dynasty.
February 10 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered at the Provost's House in Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh.
March 13 – A Spanish mercenary army surprises and kills a band of rebels in the Battle of Oosterweel near Antwerp in the Habsburg Netherlands, beginning the Eighty Years' War.
May 15 – Mary, Queen of Scots, marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell.
May 24 – The infamous Sture Murders take place at Uppsala Castle in Sweden.
June 15 – Battle of Carberry Hill: Mary, Queen of Scots, is defeated by the Scottish nobles and imprisoned in Loch Leven Castle.

July 24 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her one-year-old son James VI.
July 25 – The city of Santiago de León de Caracas is founded by Diego de Losada.
July 29 – James VI is crowned at Stirling.
August 22 – The Duke of Alba is sent to the Netherlands with a strong Spanish force, to suppress unrest there. He replaces Margaret of Parma as Governor of the Netherlands. Prince William of Orange is outlawed, and Lamoral, Count of Egmont imprisoned.
September 9 – At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests Lamoral, Count of Egmont and Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn for treason.
September 29 – The Second War of Religion begins in France, when Louis, Prince of Condé and Gaspard de Coligny fail in an attempt to capture King Charles IX and his mother at Meaux. The Huguenots do capture several cities (including Orléans), and march on Paris.
October 7 – Bible translations into Welsh: The New Testament is first published in Welsh, in William Salesbury's translation from the Greek.
November 10 – Battle of Saint-Denis: Anne de Montmorency, with 16,000 Royalists, falls on Condé's 3,500 Huguenots. The Huguenots surprisingly hold on for some hours before being driven off. Montmorency is mortally wounded.

King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway founds Fredrikstad in Norway.
Construction of Villa Capra "La Rotonda" in Vicenza, designed by Andrea Palladio, begins. It will be one of the most influential designs in the history of architecture.
Rugby School, one of the oldest public schools in England, is founded.
Although sparse maritime trade existed since its founding, the Ming dynasty government of China officially revokes the haijin maritime trade ban, reinstating foreign trade with all countries except Japan.