| February 15 | Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania |
| February 18 | Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots General Francois De Guise |
| February 27 | William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral |
| March 11 | League of High Nobles routes 2nd protest against King Philip II |
| March 19 | Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots |
| April 30 | Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI |
| July 27 | French army recaptures Le Havre |
| July 29 | League of High Nobles routes King Philip II |
| August 17 | King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult |
| August 30 | Jewish community of Neutitschlin Moravia expelled |
| September 8 | Maximilian chosen king of Hungary |
| December 4 | Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years |
