1560s

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1530s 1540s 1550s – 1560s – 1570s 1580s 1590s
Years:	1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture; Establishments – Disestablishments

The 1560s was a decade that started on 1 January 1560 and ended on 31 December 1569.

It is distinct from the decade known as the 157th decade which began on January 1, 1561. and ended on December 31, 1570.

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In 1565 St. Augustine is founded by the Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés on August 28 in modern-day Florida. The city is the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the continental United States.
In 1569, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is founded.
Start of Eighty Years' War.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1530s 1540s 1550s – 1560s – 1570s 1580s 1590s
Years:	1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1530s 1540s 1550s – 1560s – 1570s 1580s 1590s
Years:	1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

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