Editing 1565 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 3]] &ndash; In the [[Tsardom of Russia]], [[Ivan the Terrible]] originates the [[oprichnina]] (repression of the [[boyar]]s (aristocrats)).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Madariaga |first1=Isabel de |title=Ivan the Terrible |date=25 September 2006 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-11973-2 |page=175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xdFVn1v3FMUC&dq=Ivan+Oprichnina+%223+january+1565%22&pg=PA175 |access-date=20 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Battle of Talikota]]: The [[Vijayanagara Empire]], the last [[Hindu]] kingdom in [[South India]], is greatly weakened by the [[Deccan sultanates]].<ref>{{cite book|author=L. P. Sharma|title=History of Medieval India (1000-1740 A.D.)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18EKAQAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Konark Publishers|isbn=978-81-220-0042-9|page=266}}</ref>
* [[February 13]] &ndash; Spanish [[Conquistador]] [[Miguel López de Legazpi]] lands with his troops on the shores of [[Cebu Island]] in the [[Philippines]].
* [[March 1]] &ndash; The [[city]] of [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]], is founded as ''São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro'' by [[Estácio de Sá]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Hermann Matthias Görgen|title=Brazil: Impressions and Insight|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uwrAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Pinguin-Verlag|isbn=978-3-7016-2110-1|page=31}}</ref>
* [[March 16]] &ndash; Spanish Conquistador López de Legazpi makes a [[blood compact]] (''sandugan'') with [[Datu Sikatuna]] in the island of [[Bohol]], Philippines.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cortes |first1=Rosario Mendoza |last2=Boncan |first2=Celestina Puyal |last3=Jose |first3=Ricardo Trota |title=The Filipino Saga: History as Social Change |date=2000 |publisher=New Day Publishers |isbn=978-971-10-1055-3 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7hdwAAAAMAAJ&q=%2216%20march%201565%22 |access-date=20 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref>