1568
1568 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1530s 1540s 1550s – 1560s – 1570s 1580s 1590s |
| Years: | 1565 1566 1567 – 1568 – 1569 1570 1571 |
Events
- January 16 - Álvaro de Mendaña discovers the Tuvaluan island of Nui.
- Unknown - The Eighty Years War begins.
Births
- March 9 - Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (d. 1591)
- April 5 - Pope Urban VIII, 236th Pope (d. 1644)
- Unknown - Joris van Spilbergen, Dutch explorer (d. 1620)
Deaths
- January 26 - Lady Katherine Grey, English noblewoman (b. 1540)
- July 24 - Carlos, Prince of Asturias, oldest son of Philip II of Spain (b. 1545)
- December 31 – Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimyo (b. 1493)