1568

Years: 1565 1566 1567 - 1568 - 1569 1570 1571
Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. Again Catherine de Medici and Charles IX make substantial concessions to the Huguenots
May 13 - Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
May 16 - Mary Queen of Scots flees to England.
May 19 - Queen Elizabeth I of England arrests Mary Queen of Scots.
May 23 - Battle of Heiligerlee - Troops under William of Orange's younger brother, Louis of Nassau, defeat a smaller loyalist force under the Duke of Arenberg in an attempt to invade the Northern Netherlands.
July 21 - Battle of Jemmingen - The main Spanish army of the Duke of Alva utterly defeats Louis of Nassau's invading army in the Northeastern Netherlands.
August 18 - Beginning of the Third War of Religion in France after an unsuccessful attempt by the Royalists to capture Condé and Coligny, the Huguenot leaders.
October 5 - William of Orange invades the Southeastern Netherlands
October 20 - Battle of Jodoigne. Spanish forces under the Duke of Alva destroy Orange's rearguard. Orange abandons his offensive.
Beginning of the Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.