List of 1565 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1565
Date | Event |
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April 27, 1565 | Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. |
May 18, 1565 | The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta. |
June 17, 1565 | Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru. |
June 23, 1565 | Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta. |
July 29, 1565 | The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland. |
August 28, 1565 | Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States. |
September 8, 1565 | St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. |
September 8, 1565 | The Knights of Malta lift the Ottoman siege of Malta that began on May 18. |
September 11, 1565 | Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta. |
October 18, 1565 | Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West. |