1560 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
| Years: 1557 1558 1559 - 1560 - 1561 1562 1563 | |
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- The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands.
- July 6 - Treaty of Edinburgh between England, France and Scotland. The French withdraw from Scotland. This largely ends the "Auld Alliance" between France and Scotland, and ends the wars between England and its northern neighbor.
- August 17 - the Roman Church is overthrown and Protestantism was established as the national religion in Scotland.
- Jean Nicot introduces tobacco in the form of snuff to the French court.
- Solihull School was founded.
- January 17 - Gaspard Bauhin, botanist
- August 7 - Elizabeth Bathory, Hungarian serial killer
- Andrea Andreani, Italian artist (possibly in 1540)
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