1565 - What happened in 1565 ?

March 1565

The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.

Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.

Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

St. Augustine, Florida, established. It is the oldest surviving European settlement in the United States.

The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta (the Siege of Malta started on May 18).

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