Events 1570

1 events

1.1 january–june
1.2 july–december
1.3 date unknown

events
january–june

january 9 – ivan terrible begins massacre of novgorod.
january 23 – assassination of scottish regent james stewart, 1st earl of moray, james hamilton (the first recorded assassination using firearm), throws scotland civil war.
february 8 – magnitude 8.3 earthquake occurs in concepción, chile.
february 15 – venus occults jupiter; next happen in 1818.
february 25 – pope pius v excommunicates queen elizabeth of england, bull regnans in excelsis.
may 20 – abraham ortelius publishes first modern atlas, theatrum orbis terrarum, in antwerp.
june 10 – kingdom of livonia established.

july–december

july 3 – ottoman conquest of cyprus begins.
july 14 – pope pius v issues quo primum, promulgating 1570 edition of roman missal.
july 30 – battle of anegawa (sengoku period nihongo 姉川の戦い ane-gawa no tatakai near lake biwa in Ōmi province, japan): allied forces of oda nobunaga , tokugawa ieyasu defeat combined forces of azai , asakura clans.
august 8 – peace of saint-germain ends third war of religion in france. again, huguenots promised religious freedom , political autonomy.

date unknown

spanish conquistador juan de salcedo (in service of miguel lópez de legazpi) begins conquest of kingdom of maynila.
construction of original catedral nuestra señora de la asunción, oldest church in venezuela, begins.
the whitechapel bell foundry known in existence in london. 2017, when closes premises in whitechapel, oldest manufacturing company in great britain.
andrea palladio publishes quattro libri dell architettura in venice.
volcanic eruption in santorini caldera begins.
the andean population of viceroyalty of peru reaches 1.3 million.