1565

1565 (MDLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1565th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 565th year of the 2nd millennium, the 65th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1560s decade. As of the start of 1565, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1530s  1540s  1550s  – 1560s –  1570s  1580s  1590s
Years:	1562 1563 1564 – 1565 – 1566 1567 1568

1565 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1565 MDLXV
Ab urbe condita	2318
Armenian calendar	1014 ԹՎ ՌԺԴ
Assyrian calendar	6315
Balinese saka calendar	1486–1487
Bengali calendar	972
Berber calendar	2515
English Regnal year	7 Eliz. 1 – 8 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar	2109
Burmese calendar	927
Byzantine calendar	7073–7074
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4261 or 4201     — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4262 or 4202
Coptic calendar	1281–1282
Discordian calendar	2731
Ethiopian calendar	1557–1558
Hebrew calendar	5325–5326
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1621–1622
- Shaka Samvat	1486–1487
- Kali Yuga	4665–4666
Holocene calendar	11565
Igbo calendar	565–566
Iranian calendar	943–944
Islamic calendar	972–973
Japanese calendar	Eiroku 8 (永禄８年)
Javanese calendar	1484–1485
Julian calendar	1565 MDLXV
Korean calendar	3898
Minguo calendar	347 before ROC 民前347年
Nanakshahi calendar	97
Thai solar calendar	2107–2108
Tibetan calendar	阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1691 or 1310 or 538     — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 1692 or 1311 or 539

Events

• March 1 – the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
• April 27 – Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
• May 18 – The Ottoman troops landed on the island of Malta. The Great Siege of Malta began.
• June 17 – Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
• August 28 – St. Augustine, Florida (named after St. Augustine), established. It is the oldest remaining European settlement in the United States.
• September 4 – Spanish fleet of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés lands on modern-day Florida to oust the French under Jean Ribault. He later destroys the French colony of Fort Caroline.
• September 8 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés settles in St. Augustine, Florida.
• September 8 – The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish Siege of Malta (siege started on May 18).