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1560s

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Centuries:
15th century - 16th century - 17th century
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1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s
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1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569

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  • In 1565 St. Augustine is founded by the Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés on August 28 in modern-day Florida. The city is the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the continental United States.
  • In 1566, widespread protestant iconoclasm in the Netherlands signifies the start of the Eighty Years' War.
  • In 1569 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is founded

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