Events

• January 11 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion.
• January 23 - The Royal Exchange opens in London.
• Crimean Tatars from the Crimean Khanate seize and burn Moscow.
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School founded in Horncastle
• October 7 Battle of Lepanto - Spanish, Venetian, and Papal naval forces under Don John of Austria defeat the Turkish fleet of Ali Monizindade Pasha.

Births

• February 15 (possibly) - Michael Praetorius, German composer (perhaps born in 1572) (d. 1621)
• May 11 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyo and retainer (d. 1637)
• December 27 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)
• Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of French king, Henri IV (d. 1599)

Deaths

• July 15 - Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514)
• Abati, Italian artist
• Titu_Cusi, Incan Ruler