1560
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium | 
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century | 
| Decades: | 1530s 1540s 1550s – 1560s – 1570s 1580s 1590s | 
| Years: | 1557 1558 1559 – 1560 – 1561 1562 1563 | 
Events
    
- July 6 – Treaty of Edinburgh
Births
    
- Anton Praetorius, fighter against torture and chase of witches (d. 1613)
- August 7– Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian murderer
- November 28– Baltasar of Marradas, Spanish noblemanbleman, knight of the Knights of Malta, imperial field marshal, governor in Bohemia (d. 1638)
Deaths
    
- April 19– Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer
- September 29– King Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)
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