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| 1567 |
| | | The events of this year give the Protestant nobility the occasion and opportunity of deposing Mary Queen of Scots | |
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| 1567 |
| | | On the removal of Mary from the Scottish throne, her one-year-old son succeeds her as James VI | |
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| 1568 |
| | | Discovery of the Solomon Islands by a Spanish ship prompts interest in a possible Terra Australis Incognita ('unknown southern land') | |
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| 1568 |
| | | Mary Queen of Scots flees across the border to seek the help of her English cousin, Elizabeth, but finds herself kept under close guard | |
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| 1569 |
| | | A rebellion in the north of England aims to put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne | |
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| 1569 |
| | | Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator publishes a map of the world, using the projection now known by his name | |
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| c. 1570 |
| | | Privateers frequent the Spanish main to plunder the richly laden caravels on their way home to Europe | |
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| c. 1570 |
| | | The Ashanti establish a powerful kingdom in present-day Ghana, with their capital at Kumasi | |
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| c. 1570 |
| | | Palladio publishes I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura ('The Four Books of Architecture'), which include his influential designs for villas | |
|  | Villa Malcontenta, Venice
Photograph John Julius Norwich
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| 1570 |
| | | Pope Pius V excommunicates the English queen, Elizabeth I, causing a severe crisis of loyalty for her Catholic subjects | |
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