In the year 1564...
- Miguel López de Legaspi, commanding an expedition from New Spain, begins the Spanish conquest of the Philippines.
- Pope Pius IV issues a papal bull, Benedictus Deus, confirming the reforms of the Council of Trent, which had concluded the year before.
- French Huguenots under René de Laudonnière establish the colony of Fort Caroline in Florida, challenging Spanish dominance in the region.
- Japanese warlords Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin face each other for the fifth and final time at the Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima, which ends in yet another draw.
- Work begins on the Tuileries palace in Paris, at the behest of Catherine de Medici
- Cremona craftsman Andrea Amati, founder of the famous Amati family of violinmakers, makes his first violin. Amati is credited with the basic design of the modern violin.
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1563 - 1564 - 1565
16th century