What is 1564?
{{Year nav|1564}} {{Year in various calendars|1564}} '''1564''' ([[Roman numerals|MDLXIV]]) was a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]] and a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] in the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]]. == Events == * [[March 8]] – [[Naples]] bans [[kiss]]ing in public under the penalty of death * [[June 22]] – [[Fort Caroline]], the first French attempt at colonizing the New World * [[September 10]] – The [[Battle of Kawanakajima]] * [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Turkish people|Turks]] invade [[Malta]] * Modern [[pencil]] becomes common in [[England]] * [[Conquistadors]] crossed the [[Pacific]] * Spanish found a colony in the [[Philippines]] == Births == * [[February 15]] – [[Galileo Galilei]] * [[April 23]] – [[William Shakespeare]] == Deaths == * [[March 18]] – [[Michelangelo]] (Michelangelo Buonarroti) [[Category:1564| ]]