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1566

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Instance of: year
Part of: 1560s
Followed by: 1567
Follows: 1565

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has list: list of state leaders in 1566
category for births in this time period: Category:1566 births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:1566 deaths
Commons category: 1566
topic's main category: Category:1566
point in time: 1566-01-01

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September 7: General Zrinski leads a final charge against the Ottoman Turks at Szigetvár (1825 painting by Johann Peter Krafft)

Year 1566 (MDLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

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