1566th

The number 1566 is an integer following 1565 and preceding 1567. In mathematics, it is an even number and a composite number, meaning it has divisors other than 1 and itself. Its prime factorization is 2 x 3 x 261, or more precisely, 2 x 3 x 3 x 87, and further 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 29. This can be expressed as 2 * 3^3 * 29.

The year 1566 was a common year starting on a Tuesday according to the Julian calendar. Significant events in 1566 include the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and the birth of the Scottish King James VI, who would later also become James I of England. In the arts, Pieter Bruegel the Elder completed his famous painting "The Hunters in the Snow" around this period.

The numerical value 1566 can appear in various contexts, such as numerical identifiers, measurements, or quantities. Without further context, "1566th" would typically refer to an ordinal position in a sequence, indicating the item that is sixteenth hundred and sixty-sixth in line.