January 7 Antonio "Michele" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V Michaele Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V February 13 St. Augustine, Florida founded April 5 200 Brussel nobles offer Margaretha of Parma a petition August 20 Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp Belgium August 23 Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam Land guardian Margaretha van Parma grants Calvinists rights August 25 Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht December 1 Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva
