Events January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. The white marble Stari Most (or "Old Bridge") is completed by the Ottoman Empire, providing a crossing over the Neretva river at Mostar in modern-day Bosnia. Births May 26 - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (+ 1603) June 19 - Prince James Stewart, later King James VI of Scotland and King James I of England and Ireland. June 20 - Prince Sigismund Vasa, later King Sigismund III of Poland and King Sigismund I of Sweden. Deaths April 25 - Diane de Poitiers, lover of King Henri II of France July 1 - Nostradamus, astrologer Suleiman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire
