January 11 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St. Paul's Cathedral February 7 King Philip II forms inquistion in South America March 13 Battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots March 20 Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Ce July 1 Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland August 27 Pope Pius names Cosimo I de' Medici, grand duke of Toscane October 1 Duke of Norfolk arrested October 3 Battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots November 9 Catholic uprising under Northumberland and Westmoreland November 28 Duke of Alva forces bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign December 15 Westmoreland flees to Scotland December 23 St. Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible
