January 16 English parliament passes laws against Catholicism January 28 James VI signs 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland March 25 Portugese Cortes calls Philip II king of Portugal April 1 Portugese Cortes subjects himself on Philip II April 4 Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of world April 15 Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal July 14 English jesuit Edmund Campion arrested July 24 States of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange August 2 Leiden University names Snellius math professor October 15 Commissioned by Catherine De Medici, the 1st ballet "Ballet Comique de la Reine," is staged in Paris November 7 Queen Elizabeth I and Francois of Anjou wed November 29 Doornik surrenders to duke of Parma
