1577
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s
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| Years: | 1574 1575 1576 - 1577 - 1578 1579 1580 |
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Year 1577 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1577
- March 17 - formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold.
- May 28 - Publication of the Bergen Book, better known as the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings. The earlier version, known as the Torgau Book (1576), had been condensed into an Epitome; both documents are part of the 1580 Book of Concord.
- September 17 - Peace of Bergerac signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots.
- December 13 - Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
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- The church in San Pedro in the Atacama Desert in Chile was built.
- The Union of Brussels is formed. First without the Protestant counties of Holland and Zeeland, which was accepted by king Philip II of Spain. Later with the Protestants, which meant open rebellion of the whole of the Netherlands.
- Sir Francis Drake sailed through the Strait of Magellan.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1577 MDLXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2330 |
| Armenian calendar | 1026 ԹՎ ՌԻԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -267 – -266 |
| Berber calendar | 2527 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2121 |
| Burmese calendar | 939 |
| Chinese calendar | 4213/4273-12-13 (丙子年十二月十三日) — to — 4214/4274-11-23(丁丑年十一月廿三日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1293 – 1294 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1569 – 1570 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5337 – 5338 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1632 – 1633 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1499 – 1500 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4678 – 4679 |
| Holocene calendar | 11577 |
| Iranian calendar | 955 – 956 |
| Islamic calendar | 984 – 985 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 5 (天正5年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2237 (皇紀2237年) |
| Julian calendar | 1622 |
| Korean calendar | 3910 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2120 |
- January 12 - Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (died 1644)
- February 6 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman who conspired to kill her father (died 1599)
- February 8 - Robert Burton, English scholar (d. 1640)
- April 12 - King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (died 1648)
- April 16 - Elisabeth of Nassau, regent of Sedan (died 1642)
- June 12 - Paul Guldin, Swiss Jesuit mathematician (died 1643)
- June 28 - Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (died 1640)
- July 9 - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English governor of Virginia (died 1618)
- October 17 - Cristofano Allori, Italian portrait painter (died 1621)
- November 10 - Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist and politician (died 1660)
- November 25 - Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch naval officer (died 1629)
- date unknown
- Giacomo Cavedone, Italian painter (died 1660)
- William Noy, English jurist (died 1634)
- Barnaby Potter, Bishop of Carlisle (died 1642)
- Meletius Smotrytsky, Ruthenian religious activist and author. Very important for development of Church Slavonic grammar. (Died 1633)
- William Vaughan, Welsh writer and colonial investor (died 1641)
- Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (died 1649)
- See also Category: 1577 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 26 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)
- May 5 - Viglius, Dutch statesman (b. 1507)
- June 11 - King John III of Portugal (born 1502)
- August 12 - Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (born 1513)
- September 7 - Maria of Portugal (born 1538)
- October 7 - George Gascoigne, English poet (born c1525)
- November 19 - Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese warlord (born 1510)
- November 29 - Cuthbert Mayne, English saint (born 1543)
- December 18 - Anna of Saxony, second wife of William the Silent
- date unknown
- Richard Aertsz, Dutch painter (born 1482)
- Adam of Bodenstein, Swiss alchemist and physician (born 1528)
- Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Montluc, Marshal of France (born 1502)
- See also Category: 1577 deaths.af:1577
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