Germain; it grants toleration to the Huguenots; massacre of
Huguenots at Vassy and other cities; defeat of the Huguenot army under
Conde and Coligny.
Attempted settlement of the Huguenots on the coast of South Carolina.
1563. Assassination of the Duc de Guise at the siege of Orleans.
Publication of the Thirty-nine Articles in England.[1]
[1] See 1552.
Publication by the Calvinists of the Heidelberg Catechism.
Beginning of the construction of the Escurial, Spain, by Philip II.
1564. Death of Ferdinand I; Maximilian II succeeds in the German empire,
the archduchy of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia.
Settlement of a Huguenot colony on the St. John's River, Florida. See
"FOUNDING OF ST. AUGUSTINE," X, 70.
Birth of Shakespeare.
1565. Marriage of Queen Mary Stuart with Darnley. See "MARY STUART: HER
REIGN AND EXECUTION," X, 51.
Brilliant defence of Malta by La Valette against the Turks, led by
Mustapha Pacha.
Massacre of the Huguenots in Florida. See "FOUNDING OF ST. AUGUSTINE,"
X, 70.
1566. A petition of rights presented to the Regent by nobles of the
Netherlands. See "REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS AGAINST SPAIN," X, 81.
Moscow sacked by the Crim Tartars.
Murder of Rizzio by Darnley. See "MARY STUART: HER REIGN AND EXECUTION,"
X, 51.
1567.
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