The Northern Seven Years' War was a war fought in the Baltic region between Sweden and a coalition led by Denmark-Norway and the Hanseatic city of Lubeck, with Poland-Lithuania joining as well. It began as a result of Swedish expansion into Livonia and rivalry over control of Baltic trade, as King Eric XIV of Sweden challenged Danish power. The fighting took place both on land, in southern Sweden and Norway, and at sea, with large naval battles in the Baltic, but neither side won decisively. Eric was deposed in 1568 and his brother John III took power. The war ended with the Treaty of Stettin, which restored the previous situation, and Sweden soon had to renounce some claims.
Before and after
- from 9 May 1560 to 14 May 1560Battle of Djerba
- 22 January 1561Birth of Francis Bacon
- from 2 April 1562 to 30 April 1598French Wars of Religion
- 25 November 1562Birth of Lope de Vega
- from 1563 to 1570Northern Seven Years' War
- 1563Construction of Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- from 1564 to 1883Construction of Tuileries Palace
- 15 February 1564Birth of Galileo Galilei
- 18 February 1564Death of Michelangelo
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