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History

1568

Population: 515 Million*

Entertainment: Art includes Pieter Brueghel "The Faithlessness of the World",
Exploration: Gerardus Mercator devises cylindrical projection of maps, also publishes map of the Americas
Food: Alezander Nowell Dean of St. Paul's in London invents bottled beer
Medicine: Costanzo Variolo studies anatomy of the brain
Religion: Archbishop Parker's "Bishop's Bible"
Pope Pius V issues revised "Brevarium Romanun"
Deaths: General Jean de la Valette, Don Carlos the prince of Spain, Composer and cleric William Whytbroke

India: Akbar of the Mughals captures the Rajput fortresses of Chittaurgarh and Rathambhor
Japan: Period of national unification in Japan begins when old feudal lord, Oda Nobunaga, captures Kyoto
End of Ashikaga family rule in Japan
Jesuit missionaries welcomed in Japan

Belgium: Counts Egmont and Hoorn pronounced guilty of high treason and beheaded in Brussels
Czechoslovakia: First translation of the Bible into Czech
England: Mary Queen of Scots defeated at Langside by Moray – takes refuge in England
First modern eisteddfod for Welsh music and literature held at Caerwys
York Conference into Queen Mary's conduct opens – reopens later at Westminster
Robert Smythson works on Longleat House in Wiltshire
Company of London Bricklayers and Tylers incorporated
France: Treaty of Longjumeau ends second war of Religion in France
English College founded at Douai by William Allen to train Jesuit missionaries for work in England
Holland: Dutch campaign for independence from Spanish rule begins
Holy Roman Empire: Peace between Selim II Ottoman and Maximilian II HRE – sultan receives large payments from Emperor
Italian States: Giacomoda Vignola begins building Gesu Church in Rome
Scotland: Mary Queen of Scots defeated at Langside by Moray – takes refuge in England
Spain: Death of Don Carlos the son of Philip II of Spain
First public theater presentation in Madrid
Juan Fernandez de Navarrete made court painter to Philip II of Spain
Sweden: Swedes declare Eric XIV unfit to reign and proclaim John III king (Somewhat still under Danish control)

Ottoman Empire: Peace between Selim II Ottoman and Maximilian II HRE – sultan receives large payments from Emperor