Births on February 11

Honoré d'Urfé, French author and playwright (d. 1625)

Honoré d'Urfé, marquis de Valromey, comte de Châteauneuf (11 February 1568 – 1 June 1625) was a French novelist and miscellaneous writer.

2 May

Loch Leven Castle
Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
19 May

Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots.
23 May

Battle of Heiligerlee (1568)
Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
21 Jul

Battle of Jemmingen
Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
23 Sep

Battle of San Juan de Ulúa (1568)
Spanish naval forces rout an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.