Year 1567 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1567

• January - A Spanish force under the command of Captain Juan Pardo establishes Fort San Juan in the Native American settlement of Joara. The fort is the first European settlement in present day North Carolina.
• February 10 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary I of Scotland, is murdered at the Provost's House in Edinburgh.
• May 15 - Mary I of Scotland marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell.
• June 15 - Mary I of Scotland is defeated at Carberry Hill by the Scottish nobles, and imprisoned in Lochleven Castle.
• July 25 - The city of Santiago de León de Caracas, in Venezuela, is founded by Diego de Losada.
• July 29 - James VI is crowned at Stirling.
  

  

  July 29:James VI.
• September 9 - At a dinner, the Duke of Alva arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Horne for treason.
• September 29 - The Second War of Religion begins in France when the Prince of Condé and Gaspard de Coligny fail in an attempt to capture King Charles IX and his mother at Meaux. The Huguenots do capture several cities (including Orleans), and march on Paris.
• November 10 - Battle of Saint-Denis: Anne de Montmorency, with 16,000 Royalists, falls on Condé's 3,500 Huguenots. The Huguenots surprisingly hold on for some hours before being driven off. Montmorency is mortally wounded.

Undated

• The Duke of Alba arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. He replaces Margaret of Parma as Governor of the Netherlands. Prince William of Orange is outlawed, and Count Lamoral of Egmont imprisoned.
• King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway founds Fredrikstad in Norway.
• The Rugby School, one of the oldest public schools in England, is founded.
• Although sparse maritime trade existed since its founding, the Ming Dynasty government of China officially revokes the hai jin maritime trade ban, reinstating foreign trade with all countries except Japan.

Births

• January 28 - Walter Gulton, English writer (d. 1592)
• February 12 - Thomas Campion, English poet and composer (d. 1620)
• May 15 - Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (d. 1643)
• August 21 - Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (d. 1622)
• November - Thomas Nashe, English poet (d. 1600)
• November 1 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d. 1626)
• November 14 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
• November 21 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)
• December 15 - Christoph Demantius, German composer (d. 1643)
• date unknown
  • Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (d. 1595)
  • William Alabaster, English poet (d. 1640)
  • Pierre Biard, French settler and Jesuit missionary (d. 1622)
  • Adriaen Block, Dutch fur trader and navigator (d. 1624)
  • Samuel de Champlain, French explorer (d. 1635)
  • Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (d. 1589)
  • Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley (d. 1643)
  • Jan Szczęsny Herburt, political writer (d. 1616)
  • Arima Harunobu, Japanese Christian daimyo (d. 1612)
  • Thomas Lake, Secretary of State to King James I (d. 1630)
  • Date Masamune, Japanese daimyo (d. 1615)
  • John Parkinson, English herbalist and botanist (d. 1650)
  • Willem Schouten, Dutch navigator (d. 1625)
  • Torii Tadamasa, Japanese nobleman (d. 1628)
  • Akizuki Tanenaga, Japanese samurai and soldier (d. 1614)
  • Yodo-Dono, Japanese concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
  • Sanada Yukimura, Japanese warrior

See also Category: 1567 births.

Deaths

• January 17 - Sampieru Corsu, Corsican mercenary leader (b. 1498)
• January 23 - Jiajing Emperor of China (b. 1507)
• January 26 - Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat
• February 10 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (b. 1545)
• February 20 - Estácio de Sá, Portuguese officer, founder of Rio de Janeiro (b. 1520)
• March 31 - Philipp I of Hesse (b. 1504)
• April 1 - Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (b. 1537)
• April 18 - Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (b. 1503)
• April 19 - Michael Stifel, German mathematician (b. 1487)
• June 2 - Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain (b. 1530)
• June 12 - Richard Rich, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1490)
• October 1 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
• November 12 - Anne de Montmorency, Constable of France (b. 1493)
• November 13 - Pedro de la Gasca, viceroy of Peru (b. 1485)
• date unknown
  • Thomas Beccon, English Protestant reformer (b. 1511)
  • Marin Držić, Croatian writer (b. 1508)
  • Petar Erdödy, ban of Croatia (b. 1504)
  • Shahgali, khan of Qasim in 1516-1519
  • Lawrence Sheriff, English gentleman and grocer to Elizabeth I (b. 1510)

See also Category: 1567 deaths.