History
1569
General
Population: 515 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Alfonso de Ercilla y Zuniga La Araucana (conquest of Chile), Richard Tottel translates Henry de Bracton's On the Laws and Customs of England,
Art includes Hans Eworth's "Queen Elizabeth Confounding Juno"
- Exploration: Mercator writes "Cosmographia" and map of the world for navigational use
- Science: Tycho Brahe begins construction of celestial globe at Augsburg
Galileo works for Medici court
- Deaths: Poet Mikolaj Rej, Artist Pieter "Peasant" Brueghel the Elder, Composer Thomas Caustun
Asia
- India: Akbar founds new Mogul capital at Fatehpur Sikri – blend of Muslim and Hindu architecture
Emperor Akbar conerus Rajputana
Europe
- England: Catholic rebellion in N England – sacking of Durham Cathedral
Public lottery held in London to finance repairs to the port
- Holy Roman Empire: Don John of Austria suppresses Morisco rebellion in Granada
- Italian States: Pope Pius V makes Cosimo de' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
- Lithuania: Creation of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to 1795
- Poland: Sigismund II of Poland unites Poland with Lithuania – Union of Lubin
- Portugal: 40,000 inhabitants of Lisbon die in carbuncular fever epidemic