1563
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century–16th century–17th century |
| Decades: | 1530s1540s1550s–1560s–1570s1580s1590s |
| Years: | 156015611562–1563–156415651566 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1563 MDLXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2316 |
| Armenian calendar | 1012 ԹՎ ՌԺԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6313 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1484–1485 |
| Bengali calendar | 970 |
| Berber calendar | 2513 |
| English Regnal year | 5Eliz. 1– 6Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2107 |
| Burmese calendar | 925 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7071–7072 |
| Chinese calendar | Nhâm tuấtNăm(WaterDog) 4259 or 4199 — to — Quý hợi năm(WaterPig) 4260 or 4200 |
| Coptic calendar | 1279–1280 |
| Discordian calendar | 2729 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1555–1556 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5323–5324 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 1619–1620 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 1484–1485 |
| -Kali Yuga | 4663–4664 |
| Holocene calendar | 11563 |
| Igbo calendar | 563–564 |
| Iranian calendar | 941–942 |
| Islamic calendar | 970–971 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku6 ( vĩnh lộc ６ năm ) |
| Javanese calendar | 1482–1483 |
| Julian calendar | 1563 MDLXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3896 |
| Minguo calendar | 349 beforeROC Dân trước 349 năm |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 95 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2105–2106 |
| Tibetan calendar | Dương thủy cẩu năm (male Water-Dog) 1689 or 1308 or 536 — to — Âm thủy heo năm (female Water-Pig) 1690 or 1309 or 537 |
1563(MDLXIII) was acommon year starting on Fridayin theJulian calendarand acommon year starting on Tuesdayin theproleptic Gregorian calendar.
Births
[change|change source]- January –Leonhard Hutter,German Lutheran theologian (d.1616)
- January 30–Franciscus Gomarus,Dutch theologian (d.1641)
- March 5–John Coke,English politician (d.1644)
- April 15–Guru Arjan Dev,fifth Sikh leader (A.1606)
- June 1–Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury,English statesman and spymaster (d.1612)
- September 4–Wanli Emperorof China (d.1620)
- October 14–Jodocus Hondius,Flemish artist (d.1633)
- November 8–Henry I, Duke of Lorraine(d.1624)
- November 19–Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester,English statesman (d.1626)
- December 19–Lord William Howard(d.1640)
- date unknown
- Yi Su-gwang,Korean scholar (d.1628)
- Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire(d.1606)
- John Dowland,English composer (d.1626)
- Michael Drayton,English poet (d.1631)
- Scipione Gentili,Italian legal scholar (d.1616)
- Anna Guarini,Italian virtuoso singer (d.1598)
- Hosokawa Gracia,Japanese noblewoman (d.1600)
- Marcin Kazanowski,Polish nobleman (d.1636)
- Zygmunt Kazanowski,Polish nobleman (d.1634)
- Robert Naunton,English politician and writer (d.1635)
- Joshua Sylvester,English poet (d.1618)
- Jean Titelouze,French organist and composer (d.1633)
Deaths
[change|change source]- February 1– EmperorMenas of Ethiopia(b.1559)
- February 24–Francis, Duke of Guise,French soldier and politician (b.1519)
- March 24–Hosokawa Harumoto,Japanese military leader (b.1514)
- March 28–Heinrich Glarean,Swiss music theorist (b.1488)
- May 21–Martynas Mažvydas,writer of the first printed book in Lithuanian (b. 1510)
- ?June –Elizabeth Seymour, Marchioness of Winchester,English noblewoman (b.1513)
- June 6–Ikeda Nagamasa,Japanese military commander (b.1519)
- June 9–William Paget, 1st Baron Paget,English statesman (b.1506)
- August 11–Bartolomé de Escobedo,Spanish composer (b.1500)
- August 18–Étienne de La Boétie,French judge and writer (b.1530)
- September 17–Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland,English soldier (b.1526)
- November –Ioan Iacob Heraclid,ruler of Moldavia (b. 1511)
- December 29–Sebastian Castello,French theologian (b.1515)
- date unknown–Odet de Selve,French diplomat (b. c.1504)