January 7 Antonio "Michele" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V January 7 Michaele Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V February 13 St. Augustine, Florida founded April 5 200 Brussel nobles offer Margaretha of Parma a petition August 20 Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp Belgium August 23 Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam August 23 Land guardian Margaretha van Parma grants Calvinists rights August 25 Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht December 1 Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva
