Editing 1566 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 7]] &ndash; Cardinal [[Michele Ghislieri]] is [[1565–1566 papal conclave|elected as the new Pope]] by two-thirds of the College of Cardinals, to succeed [[Pope Pius IV]], who had died 28 days earlier on December 8. Ghislieri becomes the 225th pope, and takes the regnal name [[Pope Pius V]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Gregory Sobolewski|title=Martin Luther, Roman Catholic Prophet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZDYAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Marquette University Press|isbn=978-0-87462-649-0|page=96}}</ref>
* [[February 24]] &ndash; In one of the first gun assassinations in Japanese (if not world) history, [[Mimura Iechika]], the [[daimyō]] (warlord) of the [[Bitchū Province]], is shot dead by two brothers (Endo Matajiro and Yoshijiro), sent by his rival [[Ukita Naoie]].
* [[March 28]] &ndash; The foundation stone of [[Valletta]], which will become [[Malta]]'s capital city, is laid by [[Jean Parisot de Valette]], [[Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=De Lucca |first1=Denis |title=The city-fortress of Valletta in the Baroque age |journal=Baroque Routes Newsletter |date=2013 |volume=9 |pages=8–17 |url=https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/40455 |access-date=27 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* March &ndash; The [[Hanseatic League|Hanseatic]] city of [[Lübeck]] launches the [[galleon]] ''[[Adler von Lübeck]]'', probably the largest ship in the world at this time.<ref>Van der Horst(e), Peter (1676). ''[https://archive.today/20120709170315/http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/img/?IDDOC=294792 Beschreibung von der Kunst der Schiffahrt – Zum andernmahl auffgeleget und mit einem Anhang vermehret, worin beschrieben wird der Anfang und Fortgang der Schiffahrt]''. 2nd ed. Lübeck: Schmalhertzens Erven. (PDF).</ref>