| The tyrant Agathocles takes on the title of King of Sicily. | Агафокл принимает титул «царя сицилийцев». |
| Breda had been under Spanish control from 1581 with the garrison of the city being formed by 500 men of infantry and a hundred of cavalry, which consisted of Italian and Spanish troops the majority being from Sicily in the service of Spanish Empire. | С 1581 года город был под контролем Испании и имел гарнизон из 500 солдат-пехотинцев и 100 кавалеристов - итальянцев и сицилийцев, находившихся на испанской службе. |