Wars, battles and sieges17
- Battle of OkehazamaBattles
- Battle of DjerbaBattles
- Battle of ErgemeBattles
- Siege of MaruneSieges
- Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom1560–1621 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of NoradaBattles
- Siege of FelliniSieges
- Siege of LeithSieges
- 1560 Portuguese invasion of the Jaffna kingdomWars & conflicts
- Battle of KamaranBattles
- Calchaquí Wars1560–1667 · Wars & conflicts
- Cheremisinov's campaign to DagestanWars & conflicts
- Battle of GlasgowBattles
- Battle of OdakuraBattles
- Siege of Karasawayama Castle1560–1570 · Sieges
- Siege of MarienburgSieges
- Siege of PaideSieges
Treaties, councils and politics2
- Treaty of EdinburghTreaties
- Treaty of BerwickTreaties
Already under way in 156064
- Council of Trent1545–1563 · Politics
- Livonian War1558–1583 · Wars & conflicts
- Ottoman Wars in Europe1354–1683 · Wars & conflicts
- Ottoman–Venetian Wars1396–1718 · Wars & conflicts
- Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire1532–1572 · Wars & conflicts
- Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars1487–1583 · Wars & conflicts
- Ottoman–Habsburg Wars1526–1791 · Wars & conflicts
- Ottoman–Persian Wars1514–1823 · Wars & conflicts
- European Wars of Religion1524–1697 · Wars & conflicts
- Arauco War1546–1609 · Wars & conflicts
- Battles of Kawanakajima1553–1564 · Battles
- Crimean-Russian Wars1507–1572 · Wars & conflicts
- Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations1538–1718 · Wars & conflicts
- cocoliztli epidemic1545–1631 · Natural disasters
- Habsburg–Ottoman wars in Hungary1526–1568 · Wars & conflicts
Came to an end in 15601
- 1559 papal conclave1559–1560 · Politics
Founded or built in 156023
- Uffizi GalleryPalaces
- Humayun's TombArchaeology
- Fountain of NeptuneMonuments
- Tian Yi GeLibraries
- Ekenäs CastlePalaces
- Jag MandirPalaces
- Matsushiro CastleCastles & forts
- Mannar FortCastles & forts
- Anne Hvide's HouseBuildings
- Clock Tower of AtecaTowers
- Fountain of BacchinoMonuments
- Schumanns' HouseMonuments
- VisingsborgArchaeology
- BeargardenTheatres
- Fortezza PiaCastles & forts
- Haramidere BridgeBridges & tunnels
- KaatsbaanBuildings
- Porta VittoriaCastles & forts
- Torre d'en LlobetTowers
- Torre dell'ArmaTowers
- Distillery house (Ravelin)Archaeology
- Fountain Basin of Nanstein CastleMonuments
- Main portal with drawbridge and kennelCastles & forts
Stories that pass through 1560
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