1565

Events of 1565

February 13 - Spanish Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi lands with his troops on the shores of Cebu Island in the Philippine archipelago.
March 1 - The city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is founded.
April 27 - Cebu City (originally named San Miguel) is established by López de Legazpi, becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
May 18 - Ottoman troops land on the island of Malta. The Great Siege of Malta begins.
June 17 - Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

April 2 - Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (died 1599)
May 15 - Hendrick de Keyser, Dutch architect and sculptor (died 1621)
August 16 - Christina, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (died 1637)
September 28 - Alessandro Tassoni, Italian poet and writer (died 1635)
November 10 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646)
date unknown

January 19 - Diego Laynez, Jesuit theologian (born 1512)
March 17 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (born 1500)
May 28 - Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Polish magnate (born 1515)
June 12 - Adrianus Turnebus, French classical scholar (born 1512)
June 17 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (born 1536)
August - Jacques Buus, Flemish composer and organist (born 1500)
September 20 - Cypriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (born 1515)
October 5 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (born 1522)
October 12 - Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (born 1520)
October 14 - Thomas Chaloner, English statesman and poet (born 1521)
October 22 - Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479)
December 9 - Pope Pius IV (born 1499)
December 13 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (born 1516)
date unknown