What is 1565?
{{Year nav|1565}} {{Year in various calendars|1565}} '''1565''' ([[Roman numerals|MDLXV]]) was a [[common year starting on Monday]] in the [[Julian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Friday]] in the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]]. == Events == *[[March 1]] – the [[city]] of [[Rio de Janeiro]] is founded. *[[April 27]] – [[Cebu City]] is established becoming the first [[Spain|Spanish]] settlement in the [[Philippines]]. *[[May 18]] – The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] troops landed on the island of [[Malta]]. [[Siege of Malta (1565)|The Great Siege of Malta]] began. *[[June 17]] – [[Matsunaga Hisahide]] assassinates the 13th [[Ashikaga Shogun]], [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru]]. *[[August 28]] – [[St. Augustine, Florida]] (named after [[Augustine of Hippo|St. Augustine]]), established. It is the oldest remaining [[Europe]]an settlement in the [[United States]]. *[[September 4]] – [[Spain|Spanish]] fleet of [[Pedro Menéndez de Avilés]] lands on modern-day [[Florida]] to oust the [[Military history of France|French]] under [[Jean Ribault]]. He later destroys the [[French colonial empires|French]] [[colony]] of [[Fort Caroline]]. *[[September 8]] – [[Pedro Menéndez de Avilés]] settles in [[St. Augustine, Florida]]. *[[September 8]] – The [[Knights of Malta]] lift the [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[Siege of Malta (1565)|Siege of Malta]] (siege started on [[May 18]]). [[Category:1565| ]]