| January 31 | Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois |
| March 7 | Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, North Africa |
| March 13 | Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli |
| March 15 | Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France |
| July 6 | England/Scotland signs Treaty of Edinburgh |
| July 29 | Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden |
| August 21 | Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy |
| September 25 | Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg, 1st archbishop of Utrecht |
