Insurrection of Roman Catholics in England.
Battle of Jarnac; defeat of the Huguenots; Condé taken and shot; Coligny defeated at Moncontour.
Under the sovereignty of the Medici is created the grand duchy of Tuscany out of the Florentine dominions.
1570.
Murra, Regent of Scotland, assassinated; the English invade that country; Earl Lennox made regent.
Revolt of the Moors in Spain crushed by John of Austria.
1571.
Battle of Lepanto; the Holy League, consisting of Spain, Venice, and the Pope, wins a great victory over the Turks. See "Battle of Lepanto," x, 100.
Dumbarton, the main stronghold of the adherents of Mary Stuart, falls into the possession of the Earl of Lennox.
The Thirty-nine Articles are made binding on the clergy of the Church of England.