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Years: 1563 1564 1565 - 1566 - 1567 1568 1569
Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s - 1560s - 1570s 1580s 1590s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

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January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope
Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands.
The first bridge crossing the Neretva river at Mostar (in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) is completed by the Ottoman Empire. The white marble bridge is now known as Stari Most (or "Old Bridge").

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