Defeat and assassination of Shane O'Neil.
Renewal of the civil-religious war in France; Battle of St. Denis.
Murder of Darnley; Mary marries Bothwell; she is imprisoned and compelled to resign the crown. See "Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution," x, 51.
Organization of the "Council of Blood" by the Duke of Alva, on his arrival in the Netherlands as Spanish governor.
Founding of the Royal Exchange, London.
1568.
Peace of Longjumeau with the Huguenots; assembling of Protestant leaders at La Rochelle.
Thousands of the better classes of the Netherlands take refuge in England from the persecutions of the Spaniards.
Execution of Egmont and Horn at Brussels; arms taken against the Spaniards by Louis of Nassau and William of Orange, his brother.
1569.