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★27 Feb 1560
The Treaty of Berwick was signed, setting the terms under which an English fleet and army could enter Scotland to expel French troops defending the Regency of Mary of Guise.

★17 Aug 1560
The Scottish Parliament approved a Protestant confession of faith to initiate the Scottish Reformation and disestablish Catholicism as the national religion.

★12 Jul 1561
Saint Basil's Cathedral, located at the geographic center of Moscow, was consecrated.

★10 Sep 1561
The Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima, one of the most cherished tales in Japanese military history, the epitome of Japanese chivalry and romance, took place in Shinano Province.

★17 Jan 1562
Catherine de' Medici, the regent of France, promulgated the Edict of Saint-Germain, providing limited tolerance to the Protestant Huguenots.

★24 May 1567
The mentally ill King Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murdered five incarcerated nobles, including some members of the influential Sture family.

★10 Sep 1570
A party of ten Jesuit missionaries landed on the Virginia Peninsula to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.

★01 May 1576
Stephen Báthory and Anna Jagiellon were crowned as the elected rulers of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

★14 Mar 1593
Japanese invasions of Korea: A Korean force of 3,000 soldiers successfully defended Haengju Fortress against an invading Japanese force of 30,000 men.

★04 Oct 1602
Anglo-Spanish War: An English fleet intercepted and attacked six Spanish galleys in the Dover Straits.

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