Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s
Years: 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563 - 1564 - 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569
Events Births
- February 6 - Christopher Marlowe, English poet and dramatist
- February 15 - Galileo Galilei born in Pisa.
- March 9 - David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer.
- April 23 - William Shakespeare,born in Stratford-upon-Avon, later famous poet and dramatist