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:
• Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)
• Góngora, Luis de (1561-1627)
Deaths:
• Medici, Lucrezia di Cosimo I de’ (1545-1561)
Art:
• Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594): Sant’Elena, Santa Barbara, Sant’Andrea, San Macario (1560-61)
• Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Madonna col Bambino (c.1560-65)
• Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588): Autoritratto (1558-63)
• Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588): Sacra Conversazione (c.1560-70)