What is 1567?
{{Year nav|1567}} {{Year in various calendars|1567}} '''1567''' ([[Roman numerals|MDLXVII]]) was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] in the [[Julian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Sunday]] in the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]]. == Events == *The [[Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva|Duke of Alva]] arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. He replaces [[Margaret of Parma]] as Governor of the Netherlands. Prince [[William I of Orange|William of Orange]] is outlawed, and Count [[Lamoral of Egmont]] imprisoned. *[[February 10]] – [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]], husband of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], is murdered at the Provost's House in [[Edinburgh]]. *[[May 15]] – Mary, Queen of Scots, marries [[James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell]]. *[[June 15]] – Mary, Queen of Scots, is defeated at Carberry Hill by the Scottish nobles. She is imprisoned in Lochleven Castle. *[[July 24]] – Mary, Queen of Scots, abdicates the throne, succeeded by her son King [[James I of England|James VI of Scotland]]. *[[July 25]] – The city of ''Santiago de León de [[Caracas]]'', in [[Venezuela]], is founded by [[Diego de Losada]]. *[[July 29]] – James VI is crowned at [[Stirling]]. *[[September 9]] – At a dinner, the [[Duke of Alva]] arrests the [[Count of Egmont]] and the Count of Horne for treason. *[[September 29]] – Beginning of the [[French Wars of Religion|Second War of Religion]] in France when the [[Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé|Prince of Condé]] and [[Gaspard de Coligny]] fail in an attempt to capture [[Charles IX of France|King Charles IX]] and his mother at Meaux. The Huguenots do capture several cities (including Orleans), and march on Paris. *[[November 10]] – [[Battle of Saint-Denis]] – [[Anne de Montmorency]], with 16,000 Royalists falls on Condé's 3,500 Huguenots. The Huguenots surprisingly hold on for some hours before being driven off. Montmorency is mortally wounded. *King [[Frederick II of Denmark and Norway]] founds [[Fredrikstad]] in [[Norway]]. [[Category:1567| ]