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)
Births:
• Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625)
• Maffeo Barberini (1568-1644), Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644)
Art:
• Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Beggars (1568)
• Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Magpie on the Gallows (1568)
• Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Misanthrope (1568)
• Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind (1568)
• Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Peasant and the Nest Robber (1568)
• Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Peasant Dance (1568)
• Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The Peasant Wedding (c.1568)
• Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594): Doge Pietro Loredan (1567-70)
• Tiziano (c.1488-1576) & Workshop: Venere e il suonatore di liuto (1565-70)