1565
year
1565 (MDLXV) was a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Friday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1530s 1540s 1550s – 1560s – 1570s 1580s 1590s |
| Years: | 1562 1563 1564 – 1565 – 1566 1567 1568 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1565 MDLXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2318 |
| Armenian calendar | 1014 ԹՎ ՌԺԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6315 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1486–1487 |
| Bengali calendar | 972 |
| Berber calendar | 2515 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Eliz. 1 – 8 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2109 |
| Burmese calendar | 927 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7073–7074 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4261 or 4201 — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4262 or 4202 |
| Coptic calendar | 1281–1282 |
| Discordian calendar | 2731 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1557–1558 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5325–5326 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1621–1622 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1486–1487 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4665–4666 |
| Holocene calendar | 11565 |
| Igbo calendar | 565–566 |
| Iranian calendar | 943–944 |
| Islamic calendar | 972–973 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 8 (永禄８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1484–1485 |
| Julian calendar | 1565 MDLXV |
| Korean calendar | 3898 |
| Minguo calendar | 347 before ROC 民前347年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 97 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2107–2108 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1691 or 1310 or 538 — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 1692 or 1311 or 539 |
Events
change- March 1 – the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
- April 27 – Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
- May 18 – The Ottoman troops landed on the island of Malta. The Great Siege of Malta began.
- June 17 – Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
- August 28 – St. Augustine, Florida (named after St. Augustine), established. It is the oldest remaining European settlement in the United States.
- September 4 – Spanish fleet of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés lands on modern-day Florida to oust the French under Jean Ribault. He later destroys the French colony of Fort Caroline.
- September 8 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés settles in St. Augustine, Florida.
- September 8 – The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish Siege of Malta (siege started on May 18).