AD 1566
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1530s 1540s 1550s – 1560s – 1570s 1580s 1590s |
| Years: | 1563 1564 1565 – 1566 – 1567 1568 1569 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1566 MDLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2319 |
| Armenian calendar | 1015 ԹՎ ՌԺԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6316 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1487–1488 |
| Bengali calendar | 973 |
| Berber calendar | 2516 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Eliz. 1 – 9 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2110 |
| Burmese calendar | 928 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7074–7075 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4262 or 4202 — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 4263 or 4203 |
| Coptic calendar | 1282–1283 |
| Discordian calendar | 2732 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1558–1559 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5326–5327 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1622–1623 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1487–1488 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4666–4667 |
| Holocene calendar | 11566 |
| Igbo calendar | 566–567 |
| Iranian calendar | 944–945 |
| Islamic calendar | 973–974 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 9 (永禄９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1485–1486 |
| Julian calendar | 1566 MDLXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3899 |
| Minguo calendar | 346 before ROC 民前346年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 98 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2108–2109 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 1692 or 1311 or 539 — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 1693 or 1312 or 540 |
1566 (MDLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1566th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 566th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 16th century, and the 7th year of the 1560s decade. As of the start of 1566, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
Births
- March 8 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer and murderer (died 1613)
- May 26 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (died 1603)
- June 19 – King James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (died 1625)
- June 20 (O.S.) – King Sigismund III of Poland (d. 1632)
- August 12 – Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (d. 1633)
- September 1 – Edward Alleyn, English actor (died 1626)
- September 18 – King Sigismund III of Poland/Sigismund I of Sweden (died 1632)
- October 13 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (died 1643)
- November 10 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (died 1601)
- December 11 – (baptised) – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (died 1650)
- December 20 – Edward Wightman, English Baptist martyr (died 1612)
- Pietro Cerone, Italian music theorist (died 1625)
- Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (died 1643)
- Jan Jesenius, Slovak physician (died 1621)
- Michal Sedziwój, Polish alchemist (died 1636)
- James Sempill, Scottish theologian (died 1626)