1565 in History – What happened in year 1565

In history, year 1565 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1565.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1565:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
01 march	Rio de Janeiro was founded by the Portuguese as São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.
23 January	The battle of Telekota saw the decline of the Hindu empire Vijayanagar.

Famous birthdays in the year 1565:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
02 April	Cornelis de Houtman / Explorer / Netherlands
06 October	Marie de Gournay / Writer / France
10 November	Robert Devereux / Politician / United Kingdom
10 November	Laurentius Paulinus Gothus / Astronomer / Sweden
15 May	Hendrick de Keyser / Sculptor / Netherlands
17 September	Edward Fortunatus / Nobleman / Germany