1561 Calendar

January
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    
February
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728    
March
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 

April
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30      
May
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
June
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930 

July
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     
August
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
September
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930

October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    
November
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  
December
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      

What Happened In Year 1561?

  • July 2, 1561 – Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
  • July 12, 1561 – Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.
  • August 19, 1561 – An 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
  • August 24, 1561 – Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
  • September 9, 1561 – The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy at Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
  • September 10, 1561 – Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima – Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.

Who Were Born In The Year 1561?

  • January 6, 1561 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656)
  • January 22, 1561 – Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher (d. 1626)
  • July 11, 1561 – Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)
  • July 24, 1561 – Maria of Palatinate-Simmern, Duchess of Södermanland (d. 1589)
  • August 20, 1561 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (d. 1633)
  • August 25, 1561 – Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)
  • September 10, 1561 – Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)
  • September 29, 1561 – Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615)
  • October 24, 1561 – Anthony Babington, Leader of the Babington Plot (d. 1586)
  • December 7, 1561 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)
  • December 9, 1561 – Sir Edwin Sandys, English-born Virginian colonist (d. 1629)

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