Rulers:
• Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569)
• Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603)
• Felipe II, King of Spain (1556-1598)
• Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1567)
Births:
• Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638)
• Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)
• Marlowe, Christopher (1564-1593)
• Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Deaths:
• Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Architecture:
• Jardin des Tuileries (Paris)
Art:
• Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): Death of the Virgin (c.1564)
• Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Adoration of the Kings (1564)
• Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Procession to Calvary (1564)
• Michelangelo (1475-1564): Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II (1559-64)
• Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594): Ritrovamento del corpo di San Marco (1562-63)
• Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Madonna col Bambino (c.1560-65)
• Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574): La Fucina di Vulcano (c.1564)
• Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588): Ritratto di dama con cagnolino (c.1560-70)
• Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588): Sacra Conversazione (c.1560-70)